Quail Lake facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Quail Lake |
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Location | Tejon Ranch Los Angeles County, California |
Coordinates | 34°46′21″N 118°44′46″W / 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) |
Shore length1 | 5 km (3.1 mi) |
Surface elevation | 1,017 m (3,337 ft) |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
Quail Lake is an artificial lake in Los Angeles County, California. Situated in the San Andreas Rift Zone 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.
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