Lake Lagunitas

Lake Lagunitas is a reservoir on Lagunitas Creek in Marin County, California.

Lake Lagunitas
The lake in 2009
Lake Lagunitas Lake Lagunitas
Location	Marin County, California
Coordinates	37°56′51″N 122°35′46″W[1]
Type	reservoir
Primary inflows	Lagunitas Creek
Primary outflows	Lagunitas Creek[3]
Catchment area	1.8 square miles (4.7 km^2)[3]
Basin countries	United States
Surface area	22 acres (8.9 ha)[3]
Water volume	341 acre feet (421,000 m^3)[3]
Surface elevation	791.3 feet (241.2 m)[3]

Nearby lakes

Lake Lagunitas is one of seven reservoirs providing potable water to the Marin Municipal Water District.[4] It is the oldest and smallest lake in the Mount Tamalpais watershed, with surface area of 22 acres (8.9 ha). About a mile east of Lake Lagunitas is Phoenix Lake, with surface area of approximately 25 acres. And 0.3 miles to the west of Lake Lagunitas is Bon Tempe Lake, which has an area of 280 acres. Further to the west of Bon Tempe Lake is Alpine Lake with an area of 224 acres.

The only major lake to the west of Fairfax-Bolinas Road is Kent Lake, the largest in the watershed with surface area of 432 acres.

Lagunitas Dam

The reservoir is impounded by Lagunitas Dam, an earth dam 48 feet (15 m) tall, 433 feet (132 m) long, and 12 feet (3.7 m) wide. The dam was completed in 1872.[3]

See also

• List of dams and reservoirs in California
• List of lakes in California
• List of lakes in the San Francisco Bay Area

References

1. "Lake Lagunitas". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
2. "Lake Lagunitas". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
3. "Dams Within the Jurisdiction of the State of California (H-M)" (PDF). California Department of Water Resources, Division of Safety of Dams. Retrieved August 24, 2014.
4. "MMWD". Archived from the original on July 22, 2010. Retrieved July 25, 2010.