Eastern Mojave Vegetation Grant Lake, Mono County, California.
 
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Reservoir on Rush Creek.

There was a dam at Grant Lake before ist became a reservoir for the LADWP. Increased irrigation demands in the early part of the twentieth century prompted the construction of a dam at Grant Lake in 1915 which was subsequently enlarged in 1926.


Elevation: 7136ft, 2175m.

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Literature Referring To This Location:

  • Bursik, Marcus and Kerry Sieh. 1989. Range Front Faulting and Volcanism in the Mono Basin, Eastern California. Journal of Geophysical Research. 94(111):15,587-15,609.
  • Putnam, William C. 1949. Quaternary geology of the June Lake district, California. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America. 60: 1281-1302.
  • Putnam, William C. 1950. Moraine and shoreline relationships at Mono Lake, California. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America. 61: 115-122.
  • Vorster, Peter, and G. Mathais Kondolf. 1988. The effect of water management and land use practices on the restoration of Lee Vining and Rush Creeks. California Riparian Systems Conference, Septermber 22-24, 1988, Davis, California. U. S. Forest Service General Technical Report PSW-119.

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Date and time this article was prepared:9:14:09 AM, 8/17/2008