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Its earth-filled dam was constructed in 1923 by the Walker River Irrigation District, [3] along the East Walker River. The lake has a storage capacity of 42,455 acre-feet (52,367,000 m 3) [4] and is supplying agricultural irrigation water for use in Nevada's Walker River Irrigation District.
The East Walker River rises from snow melt in the Sierra Nevada of eastern California north of Mono Lake and near the northeast boundary of Yosemite National Park.The mainstem begins in the south end of the Bridgeport Valley in Mono County, California, and flows from there north past Bridgeport, where it is impounded to form the Bridgeport Reservoir.
Walker River State Recreation Area is a 12,300-acre (5,000 ha) state park unit of Nevada along the East Walker River near the city of Yerington. The park is one of Nevada's largest and newest state park units, dedicated by Governor Brian Sandoval on September 18, 2018. [2] The park is composed of four units consisting of historical ranch land.
East Walker River The Bridgeport Valley is a large, fertile mountain basin between the eastern Sierra Nevada and the Bodie Hills of the U.S. state of California . The valley is 10 miles (16 km) long and 7.5 miles (12.1 km) wide, and is used primarily for ranching.
Adjoins the 11,000-acre (4,500 ha) Rye Patch Reservoir on the Humboldt River. South Fork State Recreation Area: Elko: 3,903 1,579: 5,226 1,593: 1983: Surrounds the 1,650-acre (670 ha) South Fork Reservoir on the South Fork Humboldt River. Spring Mountain Ranch State Park: Clark: 539 218: 3,727 1,136: 1974: Preserves the historic Sandstone Ranch ...
Bridgeport Reservoir, Twin Lakes, [7] Virginia Lakes, Green Creek, the East Walker River, the West Walker River and numerous small tributaries and backcountry lakes offer rainbow, brown and cutthroat trout fishing. The Bridgeport Fish Enhancement Program sponsors fishing tournaments twice per season.
It lies to the east of the crest of the central Sierra Nevada in California, to the north and east of Yosemite National Park - a long strip stretching nearly to Sonora Pass on the north and Tioga Pass on the south. The headwaters of the East Walker River begin in the Hoover Wilderness. It comprises 48,601 acres (197 km 2
The Walker River is a river in west-central Nevada in the United States, approximately 62 miles (100 km) long. Fed principally by snowmelt from the Sierra Nevada of California, it drains an arid portion of the Great Basin southeast of Reno and flows into the endorheic basin of Walker Lake.