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Salt Spring Valley Reservoir

artificial lake in California, USA

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 5, 2026
Entity authorityQ7361656 ↗
Source-derived summary

Salt Spring Valley Reservoir is an artificial lake formed by the construction of Salt Springs Valley Dam across Rock Creek in the Bear Mountains of Calaveras County, California.

See also

List of lakes in California

References

Department of Water Resources (2009). "Station Meta Data: Salt Springs Valley Dam (SLS)". California Data Exchange Center. State of California. Retrieved October 11, 2009.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Salt Spring Valley Reservoir” as artificial lake in California, USA. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Salt, Spring and Valley.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2009—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Salt, Spring and Valley providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Salt Spring Valley Reservoir”, the useful work is to connect “artificial lake in California, USA” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7361656. Authority coordinates are 38.035, -120.751. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2009.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
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  • Routes into maps and plans
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Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Salt Spring Valley Reservoir”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Salt Spring Valley Reservoir primary sources, Salt Spring Valley Reservoir archive and Salt research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Salt Spring Valley Reservoir”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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This entry incorporates text from “Salt Spring Valley Reservoir” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.