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This is a list of the largest reservoirs, or man-made lakes, in the U.S. state of California. All fifty-three reservoirs that contain over 100,000 acre-feet (0.12 km 3) of water at maximum capacity are listed. This includes those formed by raising the level of natural lakes, such as at Lake Tahoe.
Silver Lake Reservoir: Silver Lake Reservoir Dam: off-stream reservoir: Los Angeles: Los Angeles Department of Water and Power: 1907: Earth?? 2,400: 3,000 Silverwood Lake: Cedar Springs Dam: Mojave River, West Fork: San Bernardino: California Department of Water Resources: 1971: Earth and rock: 236: 72: 73,000: 90,050 Skinner Reservoir: Skinner ...
Lake Tahoe is the second deepest lake in the U.S. In terms of area covered, the largest lake in California is the Salton Sea, a lake formed in 1905 which is now saline.It occupies 376 square miles (970 km 2) in the southeast corner of the state, but because it is shallow it only holds about 7.5 million acre⋅ft (2.4 trillion US gal; 9.3 trillion L) of water. [2]
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The majority of California’s reservoirs are above their historic average levels following the end of two wet winters. The state’s largest reservoirs, Shasta Lake and Lake Oroville, were ...
Lake Cahuilla (reservoir) Lake Poway; Lake Tuendae; Lee Lake (Temescal Wash) Lexington Reservoir; Lake Lindero, Agoura Hills, California; Little Grass Valley Reservoir; Loch Lomond (California) Lopez Lake; Los Banos Grandes
Lake Oroville, nestled behind the tallest dam in the U.S., delivers water to roughly 27 million Californians. California’s second-largest reservoir is full — again. How high is the water at ...
After reaching perilously low levels, California's major reservoirs filled up last winter. Now they stand at about two-thirds capacity with more rain on the horizon.