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Lake Isabella (formerly, Isabella) [4] is a census-designated place (CDP) in the southern Sierra Nevada, in Kern County, California, United States. It is named after the Lake Isabella reservoir and located at its southwestern edge, 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Wofford Heights in the Kern River Valley .
Lake Isabella also called Isabella Lake, [1] [2] is a reservoir in Kern County, California, United States created by the earthen Isabella Dam. At 11,000 acres (4,500 ha), it is one of the larger reservoirs in California. Lake Isabella is located about 40 miles (64 km) northeast of Bakersfield, and is the main
Isabella was a town in Kern County, California. [1] It was located 4.5 miles (7.2 km) north-northeast of Bodfish , [ 2 ] at an elevation of 2516 feet (767 m). [ 1 ] The site was inundated by Lake Isabella . [ 1 ]
Isabella Dam is an embankment dam located in the Kern River Valley, about halfway down the Kern River course, between the towns of Kernville and Lake Isabella in Kern County, California. Isabella Dam serves agricultural, hydroelectric, and flood control uses. [2] Lake Isabella (the reservoir created by the dam) also serves as a recreational and ...
Kernville (previously Whiskey Flat, Rogersville, and Williamsburg) is a former settlement in the Kern River Valley of the Sierra Nevada, in Kern County, California.It lay at an elevation of 2,575 feet (785 m) near the present-day town of Wofford Heights; [1] the site was submerged under the Lake Isabella reservoir in 1954.
South Lake is located along the south shore of Lake Isabella. A CalTrans G9-2 guide sign posted along SR178 identifies the population as 160. The community uses the Weldon, California ZIP Code of 93283, and is contained within Area code 760.
The towns of Kernville and Isabella were inundated by the reservoir and relocated, along with several historic structures, to their current lakeside locations. The Kern River Valley is bordered by subranges of the Sierra Nevada—the Kern Plateau to the northeast, Breckenridge Mountain and Piute Mountain to the south, the Scodie Mountains to ...
Kern Valley High School is a small high school located in Lake Isabella, California, and is one of the comprehensive high schools in the Kern High School District.The school has a staff of approximately 80 teachers and support staff, and a student population of about 500.