U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Indian Valley Reservoir
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.
Bartlett Springs Road near Indian Valley Reservoir. January 2016.
Indian Valley Reservoir is a human-made lake in Lake County, California, 27 miles (43 km) west of Williams, United States, near State Route 20.
The 301,000 acre⋅ft (371,000,000 m3) capacity reservoir was created by the construction of the Indian Valley Dam across the north fork of Cache Creek in 1975 (49 years ago) (1975). The 965 ft (294 m) long and 201 ft (61 m) high earth-fill dam was built for water storage, irrigation and flood control.[1] Although the reservoir is in Lake County, it was built by neighboring Yolo County, which owns all water rights to the 300,600 acre-feet (370,800,000 m3) of water. The dam includes a hydroelectric plant. The cost of the dam and reservoir exceeded $9 million and were funded in part by two bond issues.
Recreation area
The reservoir is in the Bureau of Land Management's Walker Ridge Recreation Area. All types of recreation are allowed, including boating, camping, fishing, hunting, hiking, bicycling and horseback riding.
There are two primitive boat/hike-in campgrounds, Blue Oaks and Kowalski.
^Department of Water Resources (2009). "Station Meta Data: Indian Valley Reservoir (INV)". California Data Exchange Center. State of California. Retrieved 2009-04-01.
External links
1970 Video presentation by the Yolo County Water Resources Board proposing this Indian Valley project.