Lake Sonoma

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History

Pomo people had lived in the Dry Creek and Warm Springs region for over five thousand years. The construction of this lake destroyed 122 areas associated with the history of human use. This included ten house-pits, five hunting blinds, two chert quarries, and eleven locations with petroglyphs. In addition, there were eight known gathering spaces where, for more than a hundred years, special plants were collected by Pomo people for traditional use.[3] Some Pomo people resisted the creation of the lake, assisting Archaeologists at Sonoma State University in writing about the prehistory and history of Warm Springs Dam, Lake Sonoma, and the Dry Creek Valley.[4]

Warm Springs Dam

The US Army Corps of Engineers built Warm Springs Dam across Dry Creek. Completed in 1982; Template:Years or months ago (1982)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., this rolled-earth embankment dam is Script error: No such module "convert". high, Script error: No such module "convert". long, and Script error: No such module "convert". wide at the top. It contains Script error: No such module "convert". of earth.[2] The dam aids in flood control, and a hydroelectric plant produces electricity from the water released downstream. A minimum amount of flow must be maintained in Dry Creek to allow fish migration.

Water quality

The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has developed a safe eating advisory for Lake Sonoma based on levels of mercury found in fish caught from this water body.[5]

Campgrounds

Lake Sonoma offers 96 drive-in campsites and two group sites at the Liberty Glen campground. The campground is located on a ridgeline overlooking Lake Sonoma, each campsite includes a firepit, picnic table and tent area, with primitive facilities and no potable water. The campground is closed indefinitely for repairs to infrastructure.

There are 15 secluded primitive campsites surrounding the lake: 12 can be reached by boat, horse, mountain bike or on foot, 3 can only be reached by boat and 1 due to its location on a ridge can't be accessed by boat.

Panorama

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Warm Springs Arm (left) and Dry Creek Arm (right) of Lake Sonoma as viewed from the vista point located southeast of Warm Springs Dam

See also

References

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