- Fountaingrove Lake
Infobox lake
lake_name = Fountaingrove Lake
image_lake = Fountaingrovelakelead.jpg
caption_lake =
image_bathymetry =
caption_bathymetry =
location =Sonoma County, California
coords = coord|38|29|12|N|122|43|10|W|region:US-CA_type:waterbody|display=inline,titlegnis|1799345|Fountaingrove Lake]
type = reservoir
inflow =Piner Creek
outflow =Piner Creek
catchment = convert|0.52|sqmi|ha|0|abbr=on|lk=on
basin_countries = United States
length =
width =
area = convert|33|acre|ha|abbr=on|lk=on
depth =
max-depth =
volume = convert|427|acre.ft|m3|-3|abbr=on|lk=on
residence_time =
shore =
elevation = convert|495|ft|m|0|abbr=on [gnis|1799345|Fountaingrove Lake]
islands = 1
cities = Santa RosaFountaingrove Lake is a reservoir in the city of Santa Rosa,
California ,United States . [ [http://www.placenames.com/us/p1799345/ Fountaingrove Lake, Sonoma County, California] ] ["Santa Rosa Quadrangle", Fifteen minute series,USGS Quadrangle Map, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC (1958)] Formed by the Fountaingrove Damcite web|url=http://damsafety.water.ca.gov/docs/Juris%20(A-G)10-07.pdf|title=Dams Within the Jurisdiction of the State of California|accessdate=2008-01-03] , the lake is fed from the east byPiner Creek , which is also the lake's sole outlet.Fountaingrove Dam is an earthen dam built in 1953. It is convert|38|ft|m|0|abbr=on high, convert|500|ft|m|-1|abbr=on long, and convert|15|ft|m|0|abbr=on wide.
In 1985, a private
country club known as the Fountaingrove Golf and Athletic Club built a championship 18-holegolf course [ [http://www.fountaingrovegolf.com/custom/home05/index03.htm Fountaingrove Golf and Athletic Club Official Site] ] centered on Fountaingrove Lake. [ [http://www.varennaccrc.com/page1.html Varenna Project Retirement Community at Fountaingrove Lake] ] The golf course was designed byTed Robinson Sr.The dam and half the lake cite web|url=http://ci.santa-rosa.ca.us/City_Hall/City_Council/2007/070501pdf/Item11.1.pdf|title=Agenda Item #11.1 for Council Meeting of May 8, 2007|accessdate=2008-01-03] is owned by the city of Santa Rosa.
Ecology
Fountaingrove has significant
aquatic as well as uplandbiota , and is noted for being a habitat of theWestern pond turtle , "Actinemys marmorata", a "Species of Special Concern". [PDF| [http://ci.santa-rosa.ca.us/pworks/other/SW/MasterPlanDOCUMENT.pdf City of Santa Rosa Creeks Master Plan] |1.00 MiB ] [cite web |accessdate=2007-03-09|url=http://www.fws.gov/sacramento/es/spp_concern.htm
title=Species of Special Concern
publisher=Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]Within the lake at its verges are significant densities of wetland plants; moreover, at upland locations there are many native trees, particularly
Coast live oak , "Quercus agrifolia" andGarry oak , "Quercus garryana". Fishing has historically been conducted within the lake, although golf course and other urban development around the perimeter has reduced these practices. [ [http://www.websitetoolbox.com/tool/post/scbbbc/vpost?id=1159630 Sonoma county Bass Fishing Club] ]Environmental factors
The
microclimate at Fountaingrove Lake is a mildMediterranean climate typical of southern and centralSonoma County . Approximately 29.2 inches (74.2 cm) of precipitation occur at Fountaingrove Lake annually, almost entirely in the form of rainfall. The record high and low temperatures for this locale are 110 °F (43 °C) and 16 °F (-9 °C) respectively. [ [http://www.wunderground.com/NORMS/DisplayNORMS.asp?AirportCode=KSTS&SafeCityName=Santa_Rosa&StateCode=CA&Units=none&IATA=STS Historic meteorological data for Santa Rosa, California] ] Air quality is generally good since prevailing winds are from the northwest and intercept little industry as the winds travel from thePacific Ocean .Sound level s have increased steadily with the growth of Santa Rosa, with the principal local sound source being Fountaingrove Parkway; sound levels from vehicles ascending the steep grades of that arterial can attain levels of 55 to 58dBA at the environs of Fountaingrove Lake.Current issues
A convert|500000|USgal|kl|-2|lk=on|abbr=on|adj=on water
storage tank was proposed near the southern end of Fountaingrove Lake; the city of Santa Rosa has approved this project to add to the municipaldrinking water supply, subject toerosion control measures to protect Fountaingrove Lake from excessivesilt ation. [ [http://ci.santa-rosa.ca.us/default.aspx?PageId=255&NewsId=50 Minutes of Santa Rosa City Council Meeting October 10, 2000] ] A substantialretirement community known as "Varenna" is under development as of 2007 on theridge top at the southeastern perimeter of Fountaingrove Lake. The "Varenna" project had not madewetland s mitigation environmental filings in a timely manner with the California Regional Water Quality Control Board regarding certain filling of perimeter wetlands of Fountaingrove Lake associated with its development project; therefore, additionally off-site mitigation was required of the project to compensate the people of California for the wetlands destruction at Fountaingrove Lake. On site mitigation measures include extensive erosion protection forcut slope s and installation ofbioswale s.References
ee also
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Miwok
*Tule
*Wetland
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