Quail Lake (California)

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.

Quail Lake
Lake, full, in April 2023
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Location	Tejon Ranch Los Angeles County, California
Coordinates	34°46′21″N 118°44′46″W
Lake type	Reservoir
Primary inflows	West Branch California Aqueduct
Primary outflows	West Branch California Aqueduct
Max. length	2 km (1.2 mi)
Max. width	1 km (0.62 mi)
Surface area	100 ha (250 acres)
Water volume	5,654 acre⋅ft (6,974,000 m3)[1]
Shore length1	5 km (3.1 mi)
Surface elevation	1,017 m (3,337 ft)
References	U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Quail Lake (California)
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

See also

• List of lakes in California