Housing Pond
Lake County, California3,750 acresView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from SWRCB for this lake.
- Public access
- Limited data
Housing Pond in Lake County, California has water-quality measurements published by SWRCB, shown here as reported. Surface area: 3750 acres.
Housing Pond is a 3,750-acre lake in Lake County, California. Limited fish-species data available. Public access is available.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, your state environmental agency, last sampled 2024-04-08. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
What Housing Pond is good for
From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.
- Big water3,750 acres
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Housing Pond is safe to swim in today is a call for the California State Water Resources Control Board and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Housing Pond
These are the measurements SWRCB publishes for Housing Pond, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
No clarity data.
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Lake Details
Surface area
3,750 acres
Public access
Yes
Listed by SWRCB
No bathymetric survey has been published for Housing Pond, so its depth is not documented here.
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Fishing Housing Pond
Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Housing Pond is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Indian Valley (completed 1975), built primarily for irrigation on the North Fork Cache Creek; earth-type dam, 225 ft tall and 965 ft long.
- Surface area
- 3,750 ac
- Normal storage
- 261,000 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 359,000 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 121 sq mi
- Hazard class
- High
- Owner
- Yolo County Flood Control and Water Conservation District
All listed purposes: Irrigation;Fish and Wildlife Pond;Recreation;Hydroelectric;Water Supply;Flood Risk Reduction.
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID CA01107 · Operator website · Matched by proximity (0.99 km)
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Frequently asked questions about Housing Pond
Where is Housing Pond?
- Housing Pond is a lake in Lake County, California. Its water-quality measurements are published by SWRCB and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Housing Pond?
- Housing Pond in Lake County, California has water-quality measurements published by SWRCB, shown here as reported. Surface area: 3750 acres.
Is Housing Pond safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Can I fish at Housing Pond?
- Public access to Housing Pond is listed as yes on the lake record. Seasons, size and bag limits, and whether you need a license are set by California's fish and wildlife agency, so check its current regulations before you go.
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Where this data comes from
5 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2023–2024. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-21.
Collected and reported by
- Robinson Rancheria (Tribal)
ROBINSONRANCHERIAENVIRONMENTAL5 samples · 2023–2024
Analytical methods
- Turbidity by Nephelometry
Monitoring station identifiers (1)
EPA condition classes from the National Lakes Assessment (EPA 841-R-24-006, Table 6-3), applied by ecoregion. See where the data comes from and data sources.