Hughes Lake (California)

Hughes Lake
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Location	Sierra Pelona Mountains, Angeles National Forest, Los Angeles County, California
Coordinates	34°40′33″N118°26′44″W / 34.675818°N 118.445638°W / 34.675818; -118.445638
Type	Sag pond
Basin  countries	United States
Surface elevation	3,192 ft (973 m) [1]
Settlements	Lake Hughes

Hughes Lake is a sag pond on the San Andreas Fault in the northern Sierra Pelona Mountains, in Los Angeles County, California. ^[2] At times the lake goes completely dry for years, as its water supply depends on local winter rain and snowmelt. Neighboring Elizabeth Lake also has a history of going dry and refilling. ^[3]

Geography

Referred to before 1924 as West Elizabeth Lake, Lake Hughes is one of a series of sag ponds in the foothills of the Sierra Pelona Mountains, including Elizabeth Lake, and Munz Lakes, all created by the active motion of tectonic plates on the San Andreas Fault. ^[4] They are part of the northern upper Santa Clara River watershed. ^[5]

The lake, at 3,192 ft (973 m) in elevation, is within the Angeles National Forest.

The community of Lake Hughes, an unincorporated community, began settlement in the area around 1873. ^[6]

See also

• Category:Lakes of Los Angeles County, California
• Category:Sierra Pelona Ridge – related topics
• List of lakes in California

References

1. "Hughes Lake". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved November 20, 2014.
2. Forest Service (May 2004). "Draft Land Management Plan: Part 2-Angeles National Forest Strategy" (.PDF). R5-MB-041. U.S. Department of Agriculture: 47. Retrieved 22 March 2009.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
3. "Record rainfall season refill Elizabeth Lake". Reuters. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
4. Harold Wellman Fairbanks (1906). "Lower Lake Elizabeth on the Line of the Rift". The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
5. State Water Resources Control Board, Los Angeles (LARWQCB): Documents for the Santa Clara River Lakes (Elizabeth Lake, Munz Lake, Lake Hughes) Nutrient TMDL Archived 2016-09-14 at the Wayback Machine — homepage + links.
6. Reynolds, Jerry (1976–1994). "Chapter 30. The North Forty, History of the Santa Clarita Valley". The Signal. Retrieved 22 March 2009.