Quail Lake (California)
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| Quail Lake | |
|---|---|
 Lake, full, in April 2023 | |
  Quail Lake Location within the Los Angeles metropolitan area  Quail Lake Location within California  Quail Lake Location within the United States | |
| Location | Tejon Ranch Los Angeles County, California |
| Coordinates | 34°46′21″N 118°44′46″W / 34.7724°N 118.7462°W |
| Lake type | Reservoir |
| West Branch California Aqueduct | |
| West Branch California Aqueduct | |
| Max. length | 2 km (1.2 mi) |
| Max. width | 1 km (0.62 mi) |
| 100 ha (250 acres) | |
| 5,654 acre⋅ft (6,974,000 m3)[1] | |
Shore length1 | 5 km (3.1 mi) |
Surface elevation | 1,017 m (3,337 ft) |
| References | U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Quail Lake (California) |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
Quail Lake in California is an artificial lake in Los Angeles County, California. Situated in the San Andreas Rift Zone[2] along the north side of State Route 138, it is a regulatory storage body for the West Branch California Aqueduct. The community of Centennial is a proposed 12,323-acre (49.87 km2) master-planned community that will be built on a portion of Tejon Ranch to the northeast of the lake.
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[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Department of Water Resources (2009). "Station Meta Data: Quail (QUL)". California Data Exchange Center. State of California. Retrieved April 1, 2009.
- ↑ Lin II, Rong-Gong (March 21, 2017). "Notorious L.A. earthquake fault more dangerous than experts believed, new research shows". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 22, 2019.