Quail Lake is an
artificial lake
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in
Los Angeles County, California
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. Situated in the
San Andreas Rift Zone along the north side of
State Route 138, it is a regulatory storage body for the West Branch
California Aqueduct
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. The community of
Centennial
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is a proposed
master-planned community
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that will be built on a portion of
Tejon Ranch
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to the northeast of the lake.
See also
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List of lakes in California
There are more than 3,000 named lakes, reservoirs, and dry lakes in the U.S. state of California.
Largest lakes
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References
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Reservoirs in Los Angeles County, California
Reservoirs in California
Reservoirs in Southern California