Atascadero Lake is a in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. Along with Parole Canyon, it is one of two major drainages of the Atascadero Creek - Mid Salinas watershed.

The lake’s total capacity is 210 acre-feet (68 million gallons). The runoff from the lake is spilling into the overflow channel, which leads into Atascadero Creek.

Statistics Maximum Depth: 13 Feet

Average Depth: 6.85 Feet

Maximum Volume: 68,100,000 Gallons

Notable Events +DateCapacityNotes1962Lake scraped to further enlarge and deepen the basin, and this sediment was used to create the island.2015-09-010%Goats able to graze the lakebed.2017-02-09100%Overflowing into spillway.2023-03-26100%

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