Bouquet Reservoir, reservoir in Los Angeles County, California

Bouquet Reservoir is a water storage facility in Los Angeles County that holds water for the local community. The area features gentle grassland and hills that create an open, spacious landscape.

Built by the city of Los Angeles, Bouquet Canyon Dam was completed in 1934, with opening ceremonies held at noon on March 28. The earthfill dam, 190 feet tall, creates the reservoir as part of the Los Angeles Aqueduct system, from which it draws much of its water. It is owned by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.

Bouquet Reservoir sits at 2,993 feet in the Sierra Pelona Mountains, about 15 miles west of Palmdale within Angeles National Forest. The surrounding land is mostly grassland and chaparral on hills above the water, with no developed shoreline facilities described in the sources. Plan for a remote mountain setting reached by road through the forest.

The reservoir's drainage basin covers only 13.6 square miles, with average annual rainfall of 14 to 20 inches, so most of its water arrives through the Los Angeles Aqueduct system rather than local runoff. The reservoir stores water to regulate releases and to cover interruptions upstream.