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Lake Isabella also called Isabella Lake, is a reservoir in Kern County, California, United States created by the earthen Isabella Dam.
| Lake Isabella | |
|---|---|
| Water volume | 568,000 acre feet (701,000 dam3) |
| Surface elevation | 2,500 ft (760 m) |
People also ask, how much water is currently stored in Lake Isabella?
Meanwhile, the Army Corps has placed a limit on the amount of water stored in Isabella. Under normal conditions, the lake's capacity is 568,000 acre-feet. But until repairs on the dam are complete, the fill-limit will remain at 360,000 acre-feet, about 63 percent of the total capacity of the reservoir.
is Lake Isabella man made?
The lake is a man-made reservoir, completed in 1953 by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Corps built earthen dams across the north and south forks of the Kern River to create the Isabella Reservoir.
The bottom line, Ryan said, is that Isabella Lake is nearly as full as the engineers who maintain it are willing to let it get. The magic number, set by the Army Corps of Engineers, is 361,250 acre-feet of water. On Friday morning, Ryan said, the lake level was about 354,000 acre-feet and creeping upward.