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Laguna Lake
Location of reservoir in California.
Location of reservoir in California.
Laguna Lake
Location in California
Location San Luis Obispo County
Coordinates 35°15′59″N 120°41′30″W / 35.26639°N 120.69167°W / 35.26639; -120.69167
Type reservoir
Primary inflows Prefumo Creek
Primary outflows San Luis Obispo Creek
Surface elevation 121 feet (37 m)

Laguna Lake a lake and seasonal reservoir in the upper Los Osos Valley, in San Luis Obispo, California. It lies at an elevation 121 feet (37 m). It is supplied with water from various small watercourses from the surrounding valley but especially by Prefumo Creek a tributary of San Luis Obispo Creek that enters the lake at 35°15′51″N 120°41′32″W / 35.26417°N 120.69222°W / 35.26417; -120.69222. The Lake is also drained by Prefumo Creek at from its eastern end at 35°15′35″N 120°41′01″W / 35.25972°N 120.68361°W / 35.25972; -120.68361 that drains to San Luis Obispo Creek.

History

The Rancho Laguna a section of Mission San Luis Obispo lands originally enclosed the lake.

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