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That diversion dam has not been operable since the 1930s and was removed to restore the steelhead run in the creek.  So all the times any of us have seen a full Lake Lag it has been after that dam ceased to work.  I hope that means that we can all expect to occasionally see a full Lake Lag from time to time.

Do you have a reference for this?

The dam created a flume that filled Lake Lagunita with drinking water, but the flume and dam have not been operational since the 1930s, according to the university.

https://www.almanacnews.com/news/2019/03...om-to-roam

Both statements could be true.  Perhaps Stanford has used different methods to artificially fill the lake that didn't depend on the non-operative dam and flume.  I wonder if such methods could still be used.  I don't believe the flume is still in continuous existence from the creek to the lake--the golf course, Campus Drive, and new developments seem to have been built over it, although I have seen some sections of a dry ditch that look like they might be residual pieces of it.

As for the victory garden, I can believe that.  Many 19th century artificial canals and lakes were carefully lined with clay to retain the water, and piercing the clay would ruin the effect--like opening the drain in a bathtub.

Makes sense. They for sure did "fill" the lake back when I was at Stanford, so there must have been a way. That way may still exist if it didn't involve the dam (which is now totally gone). The answer to the question  asked in 2017 implies they could but do not for cost reasons. Due to the significant leakage, I doubt even a big storm can actually fill it, but for sure it has significant water in it at times.

[Goose]

That diversion dam has not been operable since the 1930s and was removed to restore the steelhead run in the creek.  So all the times any of us have seen a full Lake Lag it has been after that dam ceased to work.  I hope that means that we can all expect to occasionally see a full Lake Lag from time to time.

Do you have a reference for this?

The dam created a flume that filled Lake Lagunita with drinking water, but the flume and dam have not been operational since the 1930s, according to the university.

https://www.almanacnews.com/news/2019/03...om-to-roam

Both statements could be true.  Perhaps Stanford has used different methods to artificially fill the lake that didn't depend on the non-operative dam and flume.  I wonder if such methods could still be used.  I don't believe the flume is still in continuous existence from the creek to the lake--the golf course, Campus Drive, and new developments seem to have been built over it, although I have seen some sections of a dry ditch that look like they might be residual pieces of it.

As for the victory garden, I can believe that.  Many 19th century artificial canals and lakes were carefully lined with clay to retain the water, and piercing the clay would ruin the effect--like opening the drain in a bathtub.

Makes sense. They for sure did "fill" the lake back when I was at Stanford, so there must have been a way. That way may still exist if it didn't involve the dam (which is now totally gone). The answer to the question  asked in 2017 implies they could but do not for cost reasons. Due to the significant leakage, I doubt even a big storm can actually fill it, but for sure it has significant water in it at times.