Laguna Lake (California)

Laguna Lake is a shallow natural lake at the head of the Chileno Valley. Although Laguna Lake is officially classified as a vernal pool, it retains some water year round.[3] The 200-acre lake is 0.5 miles (1 km) wide and 2 miles (3 km) long, straddling the Sonoma-Marin county line in northern California, United States.[1] It is the source of Chileno Creek which flows 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) west to Walker Creek.[4]

Laguna Lake
Laguna Lake
Laguna Lake
LocationSonoma and Marin counties, California
Coordinates38.214363°N 122.747767°W / 38.214363; -122.747767
Typeintermittent lake
Native nameSpanish: Lago de la Laguna
Primary outflowsChileno Creek
Basin countriesUnited States
Max. length2 miles (3 km)[1]
Max. width0.5 miles (1 km)[1]
Surface elevation226 ft (69 m)[2]
SettlementsPetaluma, California
References[2]

It was included in the Rancho Laguna de San Antonio Mexican land grant,[5] which was given to Bartolomé Bojorquez in 1845.[6]

Laguna Lake is used extensively for migrating and breeding waterfowl, including whistling swans (Cygnus columbianus) in winter.[3]

See also

References

  1. Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 650. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Laguna Lake
  3. "Tomales Bay Watershed - History and Habitat". Marin County Watershed Program. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  4. "Chileno Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  5. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Laguna De San Antonio
  6. "Plat of the Rancho Laguna de San Antonio". Retrieved 2009-02-03.


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