Lake Lagunitas is a reservoir on
Lagunitas Creek
Lagunitas Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed December 27, 2017 northward-flowing stream in Marin County, California. It is critically important to the largest s ...
in
Marin County, California
Marin County ( ) is a County (United States), county located in the northwestern part of the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 262,231. Its county seat a ...
.
Nearby lakes
Lake Lagunitas is one of seven reservoirs providing potable water to the
Marin Municipal Water District
The Marin Municipal Water District (MMWD) is the government agency that provides drinking water to southern and central Marin County, California. Chartered in 1912, it became California's first municipal water district. It serves 191,000 customers ...
.
It is the oldest and smallest lake in the
Mount Tamalpais
Mount Tamalpais (; ; Miwok languages, Miwok: ''Támal Pájiṣ''), known locally as Mount Tam, is a mountain, peak in Marin County, California, Marin County, California, United States, often considered symbolic of Marin County. Much of Mount Tama ...
watershed, with surface area of . 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
An alpine lake is a high-altitude lake in a mountainous area, usually near or above the tree line, with extended periods of ice#On lakes, ice cover. These lakes are commonly glacial lakes formed from glacial activity (either current or in the pas ...
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 tall, long, and wide. The dam was completed in .
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See also
*List of dams and reservoirs in California
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in California in a sortable table. There are over 1,400 named dams and 1,300 named reservoirs in the state of California.
Dams in service
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*List of lakes in California
There are more than 3,000 named lakes, reservoirs, and dry lakes in the U.S. state of California.
Largest lakes
In terms of area covered, the largest lake in California is the Salton Sea, a lake formed in 1905 which is now saline. It occup ...
* List of lakes in the San Francisco Bay Area
References
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