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The Solano Projects are much more than just Monticello Dam and Lake Berryessa, including Putah Diversion Dam, Lake Solano, and the Putah South Canal. Lake Berryessa is the largest body of water formed from the Solano Projects and so is the most well-known. [11] Lake Berryessa does help to manage flooding in Yolo county.
According to a map created by Eugène Duflot de Mofras, a French naturalist and explorer, and published in Paris in 1844, Putah Creek was once known as Young's River, named for the fur trapper Ewing Young, who hunted beaver on an expedition up Putah Creek to Clear Lake and on to the Mendocino County Coast in March, 1833.
Eticuera Creek is one of four primary tributaries that drain into Lake Berryessa in northern Napa County, California. [1] The other three are Pope Creek, Capell Creek, and Putah Creek. Eticuera Creek drains a watershed that is approximately 53 square miles (140 km 2). The creek generally drains in a north to south direction.
When the lake's water levels rose, it began to overflow at the top of the pipe connecting to the river, which spans 8-foot-wide and 200-foot-long, and ran at a rate of 48,400 cubic feet of water ...
At the lake's peak level, the spillway can drain 48,400 cubic feet per second (1,370 m 3 /s), which occurs when the lake level rises to 15.5 feet (4.7 m) above the level of the funnel. Water spills over its lip when the lake reaches 1,602,000 acre-feet (1.976 km 3) and a reservoir elevation of 440 feet (130 m) above sea level. The last time the ...
Berryessa Highlands is an unincorporated community in Napa County, California. It lies on the southeastern shore of Lake Berryessa . [ 1 ] The Berryessa Highlands Development Company developed much of the community, and in 1981 still owned approximately 125 lots in the subdivision. [ 2 ]
Monticello Dam was completed in 1957, and Lake Berryessa was formed. [2] On February 26, 1957, crews poured the last bucket of concrete for Monticello Dam. Following tradition, they tossed in a few coins as well. [10] A post office functioned at Monticello from 1867 to 1956. [11]
The Cache Creek Wilderness is a 27,245-acre (11,026 ha) [1] wilderness area located in Lake County, California.The wilderness was added to the National Wilderness Preservation System when the United States Congress passed the Northern California Coastal Wild Heritage Wilderness Act in 2006 (Public Law 109-362).