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Lake Hemet is a water storage reservoir located in the San Jacinto Mountains in Mountain Center, Riverside County, California, [1] with a capacity of 14,000 acre-feet (17,000,000 m 3) [2] of water. It was created in 1895 with the construction of Lake Hemet Dam . [ 3 ]
Hemet was named by the land development company that founded the town, The Lake Hemet Land Company. The company drew its name from Hemet Valley, now called Garner Valley, located in the San Jacinto Mountains. Initially, the company referred to the area as South San Jacinto, but changed the name to Hemet when the land company filed a plat map on ...
Lake Hemet Municipal Water District: 1895: Masonry (arch) 135: 41: 8,100: 9,800 Lake Hennessey: ... Los Angeles: California Department of Parks and Recreation: 1924 ...
I-5 (San Diego Freeway) – Los Angeles, San Diego: Interchange; western terminus of SR 74; I-5 exit 82: 2.6: Avenida La Pata, Antonio Parkway to SR 241 Toll north – Ladera Ranch: Access to SR 241 toll road via northbound Antonio Parkway, eastbound Cow Camp Road and northbound Los Patrones Parkway [18] Riverside RIV 0.00-96.01: Lake Elsinore ...
When the company filed a map for the South San Jacinto area in November, 1893, they named the new town Hemet. [19] The town was incorporated January 20, 1910. The Lake Hemet Land Company was formed at the same time as the Lake Hemet Water Company. Both companies were established by the same investors.
I-15 north (Temecula Valley Freeway) / Winchester Road – Riverside, Los Angeles: Interchange; north end of I-15 overlap, I-15 exit 61: Murrieta: R4.78: Murrieta Hot Springs Road: South end of state maintenance: Winchester: M7.63: Benton Road — Lake Skinner: R16.67: Simpson Road: Hemet: R19.16
Mountain Center lies just north of Lake Hemet, midway between Hemet and Palm Desert, just south of the town of Idyllwild, and it is southeast of the city of Riverside, the county seat of Riverside County. [5] Its elevation is 4,518 feet (1,377 m). [2] Although Mountain Center is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 92561. [6]
Construction of the Lake Hemet Dam began on January 6, 1891, by the Lake Hemet Water Company. Construction was completed in 1895. When built, the Lake Hemet Dam was the largest solid masonry dam in the world at a height of 122.5 feet (37.3 m) until it was surpassed in height by the Roosevelt Dam in 1911. In 1923, the height of the dam was ...