Lake Berryessa
Lake Berryessa is the largest lake in Napa County, California, United States. This reservoir in the Vaca Mountains was formed following the construction of the Monticello Dam on Putah Creek in the 1950s. Since the early 1960s, this reservoir has provided water and hydroelectricity to the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area.
| Lake Berryessa | |
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Lake Berryessa Lake Berryessa | |
| Location | Vaca Mountains, Napa County, California |
| Coordinates | 38.59°N 122.23°W |
| Type | reservoir |
| Primary inflows | Putah Creek, Pope Creek, Capell Creek, Eticuera Creek |
| Primary outflows | Putah Creek |
| Catchment area | 576 sq mi (1,490 km2) |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Managing agency | United States Bureau of Reclamation |
| Max. length | 15.5 mi (24.9 km) |
| Max. width | 3 mi (4.8 km) |
| Surface area | 20,700 acres (8,400 ha) |
| Max. depth | 275 ft (84 m) |
| Water volume | 1,602,000 acre⋅ft (1.976 km3) |
| Shore length1 | 165 mi (266 km) |
| Surface elevation | 443 ft (135 m) |
| Website | www |
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| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
The reservoir was named after the first European settlers in the Berryessa Valley, José Jesús and Sexto "Sisto" Berrelleza (a Basque surname, Anglicized to "Berreyesa", then later respelled "Berryessa"), who were granted Rancho Las Putas in 1843.
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