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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] Originally built by a private company, today it is owned and operated by the ...
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.
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 ...
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2408414. Idyllwild, Pine Cove, and Fern Valley are three adjacent unincorporated communities in the San Jacinto Mountains in Riverside County, California, United States. Idyllwild has the largest population of the three. For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined Idyllwild–Pine Cove as a census-designated place (CDP).
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. The two companies took their name from Hemet Valley, the location where the water company would build the dam to form the Lake Hemet reservoir. See Hemet on list of topographic place names. Indian Wells
The Eastern Municipal Water District of Southern California is a regional water district formed in 1950 to secure additional water for a largely rural area of western Riverside County. In addition to water service, responsibilities include sewage collection, water desalination and water recycling. EMWD also sells to eight other water agencies ...
List of dams and reservoirs in California. Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in California in a sortable table. There are over 1,400 named dams and 1,300 named reservoirs in the state of California.