Lake Lagunitas

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Lake Lagunitas
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Lake Lagunitas
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Lake Lagunitas
Location Marin County, California
Coordinates 37°56′51″N122°35′46″W / 37.94750°N 122.59611°W / 37.94750; -122.59611 [1]
Type Reservoir
Primary inflows Lagunitas Creek
Primary outflows Lagunitas Creek [3]
Catchment area 1.8 square miles (4.7 km2) [3]
Basin  countriesUnited States
Surface area22 acres (8.9 ha) [3]
Water volume341 acre-feet (421,000 m3) [3]
Surface elevation791.3 feet (241.2 m) [3]

Lake Lagunitas is a reservoir on Lagunitas Creek in Marin County, California.

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Nearby lakes

Lake Lagunitas is one of seven reservoirs providing potable water to the Marin Municipal Water District. [4] It is the oldest and smallest lake in the Mount Tamalpais watershed, with surface area of 22 acres (8.9 ha).[ citation needed ] About a mile east of Lake Lagunitas is Phoenix Lake, with surface area of approximately 25 acres. And 0.3 miles to the west of Lake Lagunitas is Bon Tempe Lake, which has an area of 280 acres[ citation needed ]. Further to the west of Bon Tempe Lake is Alpine Lake with an area of 224 acres.

The only major lake to the west of Fairfax-Bolinas Road is Kent Lake, the largest in the watershed with surface area of 432 acres.

Lagunitas Dam

The reservoir is impounded by Lagunitas Dam, an earth dam 48 feet (15 m) tall, 433 feet (132 m) long, and 12 feet (3.7 m) wide. The dam was completed in 1872(154 years ago). [3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Lake Lagunitas". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ "Lake Lagunitas". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Dams Within the Jurisdiction of the State of California (H-M)" (PDF). California Department of Water Resources, Division of Safety of Dams. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2014. Retrieved August 24, 2014.
  4. ↑ "MMWD". Archived from the original on July 22, 2010. Retrieved July 25, 2010.


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