It is impounded by Morris Dam, which was completed in 1935. Morris Dam is a gravity dam rising 245 feet (75 m) above the San Gabriel River stream bed.[1]
The reservoir is located alongside California State Route 39, approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) north of the city of Azusa. Morris Reservoir is just downstream from the San Gabriel Dam. The mean water elevation is about 1,100 feet (340 m), when the reservoir is at capacity.
Camera launcher, at Morris Reservoir Naval Weapons Test Site.
Morris Reservoir Naval Weapons Test Siteedit
The reservoir and its slopes were the Morris Reservoir Naval Weapons Test Site, a naval weapons test facility, from World War II through the 1990s.[2] The reservoir was transferred to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works in 1995.
The test facility was established by Caltech, which was developing weapons for the Navy at its Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) at China Lake (town), near Ridgecrest, California. It today is now known as the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, and is still the primary proving ground for naval weapons systems. Because China Lake is a dry lake in the Mojave Desert, Caltech opened this substation at the Morris Reservoir, near their campus, north of Azusa in the San Gabriel Mountains.
This site was used especially for the development of submarine-based warfare systems, including torpedoes, bombs, and submarine-launched missiles like the Polaris rocket, the first ballistic missile that could be launched from submerged submarines.
Most of the buildings at the site have been removed, and the site is being restored to a "natural" state, and may once again be open to the public.
morris, reservoir, located, gabriel, mountains, within, angeles, national, forest, angeles, county, california, show, californiashow, united, stateslocationangeles, national, forest, angeles, county, californiacoordinates34, 17417, 88028, 17417, 88028typereser. Morris Reservoir is located in the San Gabriel Mountains within the Angeles National Forest in Los Angeles County California Morris ReservoirMorris ReservoirShow map of CaliforniaMorris ReservoirShow map of the United StatesLocationAngeles National Forest Los Angeles County CaliforniaCoordinates34 10 27 N 117 52 49 W 34 17417 N 117 88028 W 34 17417 117 88028TypeReservoirPrimary outflowsSan Gabriel River 1 Basin countriesUnited StatesSurface elevation1 145 ft 349 m 1 It is impounded by Morris Dam which was completed in 1935 Morris Dam is a gravity dam rising 245 feet 75 m above the San Gabriel River stream bed 1 Contents 1 Geography 2 Morris Reservoir Naval Weapons Test Site 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksGeography editThe reservoir is located alongside California State Route 39 approximately 5 miles 8 0 km north of the city of Azusa Morris Reservoir is just downstream from the San Gabriel Dam The mean water elevation is about 1 100 feet 340 m when the reservoir is at capacity nbsp nbsp Camera launcher at Morris Reservoir Naval Weapons Test Site Morris Reservoir Naval Weapons Test Site editThe reservoir and its slopes were the Morris Reservoir Naval Weapons Test Site a naval weapons test facility from World War II through the 1990s 2 The reservoir was transferred to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works in 1995 The test facility was established by Caltech which was developing weapons for the Navy at its Naval Ordnance Test Station NOTS at China Lake town near Ridgecrest California It today is now known as the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake and is still the primary proving ground for naval weapons systems Because China Lake is a dry lake in the Mojave Desert Caltech opened this substation at the Morris Reservoir near their campus north of Azusa in the San Gabriel Mountains This site was used especially for the development of submarine based warfare systems including torpedoes bombs and submarine launched missiles like the Polaris rocket the first ballistic missile that could be launched from submerged submarines Most of the buildings at the site have been removed and the site is being restored to a natural state and may once again be open to the public See also editReservoirs in Los Angeles County California List of lakes in CaliforniaReferences edit a b c Dams Within the Jurisdiction of the State of California H M PDF California Department of Water Resources Archived from the original PDF on January 2 2015 Retrieved November 18 2014 The Center for Land Use Interpretation Morris Reservoir Naval Weapons Test Site history accessed 7 14 2014External links edit nbsp Morris DamU S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Morris Reservoir The Caltech Archives Morris Dam reservoir San Gabriel Mountains Morris Dam Water Supply Enhancement Project Final Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration Morris Dam valve leakage photo Morris Dam data nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Morris Reservoir nbsp This Los Angeles County California related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Morris Reservoir amp oldid 1193476264, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
