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Lake Isabella also called Isabella Lake, [1] [2] is a reservoir in Kern County, California, United States created by the earthen Isabella Dam. At 11,000 acres (4,500 ha), it is one of the larger reservoirs in California. Lake Isabella is located about 40 miles (64 km) northeast of Bakersfield, and is the main
Kernville (previously Whiskey Flat, Rogersville, and Williamsburg) is a former settlement in the Kern River Valley of the Sierra Nevada, in Kern County, California.It lay at an elevation of 2,575 feet (785 m) near the present-day town of Wofford Heights; [1] the site was submerged under the Lake Isabella reservoir in 1954.
Lake Isabella was created in 1953 by a dam on the Kern River, forcing the town to move about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of the original site. [6] The Isabella post office, which had opened in 1896, operated at the new site; the name was changed to Lake Isabella in 1957. [7] The dam's reservoir also inundated the original site of Kernville.
Lake Shasta, California's largest reservoir, reached full capacity for the second consecutive year. Over the winter, officials even released excess water. In striking before-and-after photos, a ...
On Nov. 19, when the first photo was taken, it sat at 31% of capacity, according to the California Department of Water Resources. By Jan. 29, when the "after" image was taken, Shasta was up to 56%.
Clear Lake, one of California's most visited lakes, has turned cloudy and green amid an algal bloom that can threaten wildlife and tourists. ... Shocking before-and-after photos show California's ...
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The main reservoir, Lake Isabella, can hold up 570,000 acre-feet (700,000,000 m 3) of water. Normal release from the main dam is 3,000 cubic feet per second (85 m 3 /s), [4] maximum historical releases were 7,200 cubic feet per second (200 m 3 /s) in 1983. [7] The reservoir that Isabella Dam creates is called Lake Isabella. Water from Lake ...