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The reservoir in 2002 Panoramic view of the reservoir. The San Luis Reservoir is an artificial lake on San Luis Creek in the eastern slopes of the Diablo Range of Merced County, California, approximately 12 mi (19 km) west of Los Banos on State Route 152, which crosses Pacheco Pass and runs along its north shore.
Pacheco Pass is named after Don Francisco Pérez Pacheco, a noted Californio ranchero whose lands were situated on the pass. 1939 map of Route 152 alignments between Bell Station and Pacheco Pass. [11] 1963 map of Route 152 alignments at San Luis Reservoir. [12] The road became popular as a route east during the California Gold Rush.
San Luis Dam, also known as B.F. Sisk Dam, is a major earth-filled dam in Merced County, California, which forms San Luis Reservoir, the largest off-stream reservoir in the United States. [ citation needed ] The dam and reservoir are located in the Diablo Range to the east of Pacheco Pass and about 10 miles (16 km) west of Los Banos .
San Luis Reservoir was at just 87% and much smaller Castaic Lake in Los Angeles County was at 92%. ... A weekly map that illustrates drought intensities across the country shows the state’s ...
The B.F. Sisk Dam at San Luis Reservoir is seen as construction continues in the first of three phases to improve the dam just west of Los Banos Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. Show comments.
San Luis Reservoir, which ranks among California’s largest reservoirs, is slated to gain an additional 130,000 acre-feet of storage space — equivalent to the annual water use of roughly ...
Map of California's interconnected water system, including all eleven reservoirs over 1,000,000 acre-feet (1.2 km 3) as well as selected smaller ones.. This is a list of the largest reservoirs, or man-made lakes, in the U.S. state of California.
The expansion of San Luis Reservoir is a small part of a larger effort by the state and federal agencies to increase water storage. But unlike virtually every other dam project in California, this ...