Vail Lake Ceanothus

Description

It is located on Temecula Creek, in the Butterfield Valley, south of Oak Mountain, of the Black Hills, in the Santa Margarita River watershed. It is approximately 15 miles (24 km) east of Temecula. Vail Lake covers approximately 1,100 acres (4.5 km-) and has a storage capacity of 51,000 acre feet (63,000,000 m3) although it currently contains about 34,000 acre feet (42,000,000 m3) of water.Vail Lake is supplied by storm water runoff from Kolb, Temecula, and Wilson Creeks. Surface water stored in the lake is used to help replenish local ground water supplies through recharge operations.