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Eastman Lake

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Primary inflows
  
Chowchilla River

Surface area
  
1,780 acres (720 ha)

Area
  
7.203 kmĀ²

Outflow location
  
Chowchilla River

Basin countries
  
United States

Surface elevation
  
138 m

Inflow source
  
Chowchilla River

Lake type
  
Reservoir

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Primary outflows
  
Chowchilla River Terminal (evaporation)

References
  
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Eastman Lake

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H. V. Eastman Lake is an artificial lake formed by the construction of Buchanan Dam across the Chowchilla River in the foothills of Madera County, California. A small percentage of the northwest area of the reservoir is in Mariposa County.

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Map of Eastman Lake, Raymond, CA 93653, USA

Buchanan Dam was a 1975 flood control and irrigation project of the United States Army Corps of Engineers. The earthen dam, 218 feet high with a length of 1746 feet at the crest, impounding a maximum capacity of 150,000 acre-feet of Chowchilla River water in the reservoir, is owned and operated by the Corps.

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References

Eastman Lake Wikipedia