Lake Hemet
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| Geographical location | Riverside County , California , USA | |
| Tributaries | San Jacinto River | |
| Drain | San Jacinto River | |
| Location close to the shore | Idyllwild-Pine Cove | |
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| Coordinates | 33 ° 39 '58 " N , 116 ° 41' 35" W | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 1323 m | |
| surface | 1.9 km² | |
| volume | 17,000,000 m³ | |
| scope | 19 km | |
| Catchment area | 174 km² | |
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The Lake Hemet (also Hemet Reservoir ) is a reservoir in Riverside County in the US state of California . It has a capacity of 17,000,000 m³ of water and was formed in 1895 with the construction of the Hemet Dam dam . The lake is owned and administered by the Lake Hemet Municipal Water District (LHMWD).
geography
Located at an altitude of 1,323 m, Lake Hemet is in the San Jacinto Mountains . It is part of the San Bernardino National Forests ; the closest locations are the communities of Mountain Center and Idyllwild-Pine Cove north of the lake. The California State Route 74 runs along Lake Hemet , via which the city of the same name Hemet in the San Jacinto Valley can be reached to the west and the Coachella Valley to the east .
The lake has a storage capacity of 17,000,000 m³ and a water surface of 1.9 km² with a 19 km long shoreline. The catchment area measures 174 km².
Lake Hemet is mainly used by the population for fishing, as various fish species such as rainbow trout ( Oncorhynchus mykiss ), spotted fork catfish ( Ictalurus punctatus ), blue sunfish ( Lepomis macrochirus ) and largemouth bass ( Micropterus salmoides ) are found in it. Other activities include boating, picnicking, hiking, and camping in the area.
The Lake Hemet Municipal Water District provides the stored water to a geographically diverse area that includes parts of the cities of Hemet and San Jacinto , but also the remote Garner Valley at 1,400 m.
history
The San Jacinto Valley began to develop in 1887 when the Lake Hemet Water Company and Hemet Land Company were founded by Edward L. Mayberry, William F. Whittier, and their business associates. The two companies allowed the acquisition of land and water rights from the valleys of the San Jacinto River to the west end of the Garner Valley in the San Jacinto Mountains .
On January 6, 1891, the Lake Hemet Water Company laid the foundation stone for the Hemet Dam . When the dam was completed in 1895, at 37.3 m it was the highest solid dam in the world - a title that it only had to give up to the Theodore Roosevelt Dam in Arizona in 1911 . In 1923, the Hemet Dam had reached a height of 41 m through expansion work.
The opening of California State Route 74, which runs from the Pacific coast to Palm Desert , in 1932 was critical to Lake Hemet's development as a recreational area.
The Lake Hemet Municipal Water District was formed on September 27, 1955 and took over the functions of the Lake Hemet Water Company with the help of the proceeds from bond sales.
Lake Hemet Municipal Water District customers are represented today by a publicly elected council of five chairmen in five departments. In total, an estimated 13,800 household customers and 51 farms are represented in an area of 67 km².
Web links
- Lake Hemet in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
- Official website of the Lake Hemet (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Dams Within the Jurisdiction of the State of California (HM) California Department of Water Resources, Division of Safety of Dams (English)
- ↑ OpenStreetMap