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Sly Park [2] is an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California. [1] It is located in Sly Valley 13 miles (21 km) east of Placerville, [2] at an elevation of 3560 feet (1085 m). [1] A post office operated at Sly Park from 1891 to 1919, with several moves. [2] The name honors James Sly, one of the Mormons who discovered Sly Valley. [2]
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The National Weather Service has maintained a cooperative weather station at San Luis Dam since 1963. Based on those records, average January temperatures are a maximum of 54.3 °F (12.4 °C) and a minimum of 37.9 °F (3.3 °C) and average July temperatures are a maximum of 92 °F (33 °C) and a minimum of 64.0 °F.
Jenkinson Lake is a reservoir located in El Dorado County, California near Pollock Pines, California named after Walter E. Jenkinson, manager of the El Dorado irrigation district.
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El Dorado, "The Gilded One", was first known as Mud Springs from the boggy quagmire the cattle and horses made of a nearby watering place. Originally an important camp on the old Carson Trail, by 1849-50 it had become the center of a mining district and the crossroads for freight and stagecoach lines.
The National Weather Service said three-day rainfall totals reached 2.23 inches in one Santa Barbara County location, but most were closer to 1 inch in the coastal and mountain areas of Los ...
Sly Park Dam (left) and auxiliary dam (right) The Sly Park Unit includes Sly Park Dam, Jenkinson Lake, the Camp Creek Diversion Dam, and two diversion tunnels. The Sly Park Dam and its similarly-sized auxiliary dam form Jenkinson Lake, which covers 650 acres (260 ha). [576] Jenkinson Lake feeds the Camino Conduit, a 5 mi (8.0 km) aqueduct. [571]