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{{Short description|Artificial lake in Los Angeles County, California}} |
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| name = Quail Lake |
| name = Quail Lake |
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| image = Quail Lake.jpg |
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| caption = Lake, full, in April 2023 |
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| location = [[Tejon Ranch]]<br>[[Los Angeles County, California]] |
| location = [[Tejon Ranch]]<br>[[Los Angeles County, California]] |
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| coords = {{coord|34.7724|-118.7462|region:US-CA_type:waterbody_source:wikimapia| display=inline,title}} |
| coords = {{coord|34.7724|-118.7462|format=dms|region:US-CA_type:waterbody_source:wikimapia| display=inline,title}} |
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| lake_type = [[Reservoir (water)|Reservoir]] |
| lake_type = [[Reservoir (water)|Reservoir]] |
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| inflow = West Branch [[California Aqueduct]] |
| inflow = West Branch [[California Aqueduct]] |
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| volume = {{convert|5654|acre.ft|m3|abbr=on}} |
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| shore = {{convert|5|km|abbr=on}} |
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| elevation = {{convert|1017|m|abbr=on}} |
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'''Quail Lake''' is an [[artificial lake]] in [[Los Angeles County, California]]. Situated in the [[San Andreas Fault|San Andreas Rift Zone]] along the north side of [[State Route 138 (California)|State Route 138]], it is a regulatory storage body for the West Branch [[California Aqueduct]]. The community of [[Centennial, California|Centennial]] is a proposed {{convert|12323|acre|km2|adj=on}} [[master-planned community]] that will be built on a portion of [[Tejon Ranch]] to the northeast |
'''Quail Lake''' in California is an [[artificial lake]] in [[Los Angeles County, California]]. Situated in the [[San Andreas Fault|San Andreas Rift Zone]]{{r|LAT 2017-03-21}} along the north side of [[State Route 138 (California)|State Route 138]], it is a regulatory storage body for the West Branch [[California Aqueduct]]. The community of [[Centennial, California|Centennial]] is a proposed {{convert|12323|acre|km2|adj=on}} [[master-planned community]] that will be built on a portion of [[Tejon Ranch]] to the northeast of the lake. |
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<ref name="QUL">{{cite web | author=Department of Water Resources | title=Station Meta Data: Quail (QUL) | url=http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/profile?s=QUL&type=res | work=California Data Exchange Center | publisher=State of California | year=2009 | access-date=2009-04-01}}</ref> |
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<ref name="LAT 2017-03-21">{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-newport-inglewood-earthquake-20170321-story.html|title=Notorious L.A. earthquake fault more dangerous than experts believed, new research shows|date=2017-03-21|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|first=Rong-Gong |last=Lin II|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-22}}</ref> |
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[[Category:Reservoirs in Los Angeles County, California]] |
[[Category:Reservoirs in Los Angeles County, California]] |
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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 / 34.7724; -118.7462 |
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, California |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
Quail Lake in California is an artificial lakeinLos 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 of the lake.