Quail Lake, California

Artificial lake in Los Angeles County, California

34°46′21″N 118°44′46″W / 34.7724°N 118.7462°W / 34.7724; -118.7462Lake typeReservoirPrimary inflowsWest Branch California AqueductPrimary outflowsWest Branch California AqueductMax. length2 km (1.2 mi)Max. width1 km (0.62 mi)Surface area100 ha (250 acres)Water volume5,654 acre⋅ft (6,974,000 m³)^[1]Shore length¹5 km (3.1 mi)Surface elevation1,017 m (3,337 ft)ReferencesU.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Quail Lake, California¹ Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Quail Lake in California 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 of the lake.

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.