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The tunnel supplies water to the city of Santa Barbara (which uses it for drinking water), the Goleta Water District, the Carpinteria Valley Water District, and the Montecito Water District. Water from Lake Cachuma is released into the Santa Ynez River below Bradbury Dam in order to satisfy downstream water rights. [8]
Country: United States: Location: Santa Barbara County, California: Coordinates: 1]: Construction began: 1913; 111 years ago () [2]: Opening date: January 23, 1920; 104 years ago () [3]: Construction cost: $2 million (1920 dollars) [3]: Owner(s): City of Santa Barbara: Dam and spillways; Type of dam: Concrete arch: Impounds: Santa Ynez River: Height: 194.5 ft (59.3 m) [4]: Length: 600 ft (180 ...
Cachuma Lake is a reservoir in the Santa Ynez Valley of central Santa Barbara County, California on the Santa Ynez River adjoining the north side of California State Route 154. The artificial lake was created by the construction of Bradbury Dam , a 201 ft (61 m) earth-fill structure built by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in 1953.
Santa Barbara (Spanish: Santa Bárbara, meaning ' Saint Barbara ') is a coastal city in Santa Barbara County, California, of which it is also the county seat.Situated on a south-facing section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States excepting Alaska, the city lies between the steeply rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean.
San Luis Obispo County Flood Control and Water Conservation District 25,000 31,000 0.6% Santa Barbara County Flood Control and Water Conservation District 45,486 56,106 1.1% Santa Clara Valley Water District 100,000 120,000 2.4% Solano County Water Agency 47,756 58,906 1.1% Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District 87,471 107,894 2.1%
The Santa Barbara County area, including the Northern Channel Islands, was first settled by Native Americans at least 13,000 years ago.Evidence for a Paleoindian presence has been found in the form of a fluted Clovis-like point found in the 1980s along the western Santa Barbara Coast, as well as the remains of Arlington Springs Man found on Santa Rosa Island in the 1960s.
Orcutt is an unincorporated town in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Located in the Santa Maria Valley, Orcutt is named for William Warren Orcutt, the manager of the Geological, Land and Engineering Departments of the Union Oil Company. The population of Orcutt was 28,905 at the 2010 census, up from 28,830 at the 2000 census.
The cold and nutrient-rich water surrounding the island is home to a diverse array of sea life that is not found on the southern islands. San Miguel Island, together with numerous small islets around it, is defined by the United States Census Bureau as Block 3010, Block Group 3, Census Tract 29.10 of Santa Barbara County, California.