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This article is about the lake in Marin county, CA. For the lake in Santa Clara county, CA, see
Lake Lagunita
.
Reservoir in Marin County, California
Lake Lagunitas
is a reservoir on
Lagunitas Creek
in
Marin County, California
.
Nearby lakes
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Lake Lagunitas is one of seven reservoirs providing potable water to the
Marin Municipal Water District
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It is the oldest and smallest lake in the
Mount Tamalpais
watershed, with surface area of 22 acres (8.9 ha).
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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
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citation needed
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. Further to the west of Bon Tempe Lake is
Alpine Lake
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
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The reservoir is impounded by
Lagunitas Dam
, an earth dam 48 feet (15 m) tall, 433 feet (132 m) long, and 12 feet (3.7 m) wide. The dam was completed in 1872
(152 years ago)
(
1872
)
.
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