Lake Davis
Reservoir in Plumas County, California / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the reservoir in California. For other uses, see Lake Davis (disambiguation).
Lake Davis is an artificial lake in Plumas County, California near the Sierra Nevada community of Portola. Its waters are impounded by Grizzly Valley Dam, which was completed in 1966 (58 years ago) (1966) as part of the California State Water Project. The lake is named for Lester T. Davis (1906–1952).[1]
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Lake Davis | |
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Location | Plumas County, California[1] |
Coordinates | 39°54′45″N 120°30′38″W[1] |
Type | reservoir |
Primary inflows | Big Grizzly Creek, Freeman Creek, Cow Creek, Dan Blough Creek |
Primary outflows | Big Grizzly Creek[2] |
Catchment area | 44 square miles (110 km2)[2] |
Basin countries | United States |
Max. length | 5 miles (8.0 km) |
Max. width | 2 miles (3.2 km) |
Surface area | 4,026 acres (1,629 ha)[2] |
Average depth | 21 feet (6.4 m) |
Water volume | 83,000 acre-feet (102,000,000 m3)[2] |
Surface elevation | 5,777 feet (1,761 m)[1] |
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