Eastman Lake facts for kids
Quick facts for kids H. V. Eastman Lake |
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Location | Madera / Mariposa counties, California, United States |
Coordinates | 37°13′00″N 119°59′03″W / 37.2166°N 119.9843°W |
Lake type | Reservoir |
Primary inflows | Chowchilla River |
Primary outflows | |
Basin countries | United States |
Surface area | 1,780 acres (720 ha) |
Surface elevation | 138 m (453 ft) |
H. V. Eastman Lake is an artificial lake formed by the construction of Buchanan Dam across the Chowchilla River in the foothills of Madera County, California. A small percentage of the northwest area of the reservoir is in Mariposa County.
Buchanan Dam was a 1975 flood control and irrigation project of the United States Army Corps of Engineers. The earthen dam, 218 feet high with a length of 1746 feet at the crest, impounding a maximum capacity of 150,000 acre-feet of Chowchilla River water in the reservoir, is owned and operated by the Corps.
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