What has been called Lee Lake Dam will now be formally known as Elsinore Valley Dam.
A 4-0 Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District board vote June 8, with Jack Ferguson absent, approved the new name. The name change reflects plans to rebuild the dam.
The dam is owned and operated by the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District but north of the district boundaries near the Indian Truck Trail exit off of Interstate 15. The earthen embankment dam across Temescal Canyon Wash was originally constructed in 1893. It is 47 feet high, 520 feet in length, and impounds a reservoir with a surface area of 70 acres and a storage capacity of 1,100 acre-feet.
Numerous deficiencies related to the spillway, outlet system, and dam foundation have been documented in recent years. The state’s Division of
