Quail Lake
Quail Lake is an artificial lake in Los Angeles County, California. Situated in the San Andreas Rift Zone[2] along the north side of State Route 138, it is a regulatory storage body for the West Branch California Aqueduct. The community of Centennial is a proposed 12,323-acre (49.87 km2) master-planned community that will be built on a portion of Tejon Ranch to the northeast side of the lake.
| Quail Lake | |
|---|---|
| Location | Tejon Ranch Los Angeles County, California |
| Coordinates | 34.7724°N 118.7462°W |
| Lake type | Reservoir |
| Primary inflows | West Branch California Aqueduct |
| Primary outflows | West Branch California Aqueduct |
| Max. length | 2 km (1.2 mi) |
| Max. width | 1 km (0.62 mi) |
| Surface area | 100 ha (250 acres) |
| Water volume | 5,654 acre⋅ft (6,974,000 m3)[1] |
| Shore length1 | 5 km (3.1 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 1,017 m (3,337 ft) |
| References | U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Quail Lake |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
See also
- List of lakes in California
References
- Department of Water Resources (2009). "Station Meta Data: Quail (QUL)". California Data Exchange Center. State of California. Retrieved 2009-04-01.
- Lin II, Rong-Gong (2017-03-21). "Notorious L.A. earthquake fault more dangerous than experts believed, new research shows". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
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