Eastman Lake facts for kids

Quick facts for kids H. V. Eastman Lake
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Location	Madera / Mariposa counties, California, United States
Coordinates	37°13′00″N 119°59′03″W / 37.2166°N 119.9843°W / 37.2166; -119.9843
Lake type	Reservoir
Primary inflows	Chowchilla River
Primary outflows	Chowchilla River Terminal (evaporation)
Basin countries	United States
Surface area	1,780 acres (720 ha)
Surface elevation	138 m (453 ft)

H. V. Eastman Lake is an artificial lake formed by the construction of Buchanan Dam across the Chowchilla River in the foothills of Madera County, California. A small percentage of the northwest area of the reservoir is in Mariposa County.

Buchanan Dam was a 1975 flood control and irrigation project of the United States Army Corps of Engineers. The earthen dam, 218 feet high with a length of 1746 feet at the crest, impounding a maximum capacity of 150,000 acre-feet of Chowchilla River water in the reservoir, is owned and operated by the Corps.