Patagonia Lake

Reservoir in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, US

Patagonia Lake

Patagonia Lake, May 2018

Patagonia Lake

Location| Santa Cruz County, Arizona
United States
Coordinates| 31°29′42″N 110°51′34″W﻿ / ﻿31.49500°N 110.85944°W﻿ / 31.49500; -110.85944
Type| reservoir
Primary inflows| Sonoita Creek
Primary outflows| Sonoita Creek
Basin countries| United States
Managing agency| Arizona State Parks
Surface area| 265 acres (107 ha)
Average depth| 90 ft (27 m)
Max. depth| 120 ft (37 m)
Surface elevation| 4,050 ft (1,230 m)
Settlements| Patagonia

Patagonia Lake is a man-made reservoir in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States, located southwest of the town of Patagonia, Arizona and northeast of Nogales.[1] The lake was created by damming Sonoita Creek,[2] and is a popular area for boating and sport fishing. Facilities are maintained by Arizona State Parks as part of Patagonia Lake State Park.

## Fish species

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Reproducing fish species located in Patagonia Lake are largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, green sunfish, flathead catfish, threadfin shad, redear sunfish, channel catfish, and American bullfrogs. Rainbow trout are stocked every three weeks from October to March.[3]

## See also

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* List of dams and reservoirs in Arizona
* Lakes portal

## References

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1. ^ "Patagonia Lake State Park". DesertUSA.com.
2. ^ "Patagonia Lake, Arizona". Recreation Resource Management.
3. ^ "Chapter 10 Santa Cruz River Watershed" (PDF). Arizona Game and Fish Department. January 2011. pp. 10–34\. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 21, 2022. Retrieved September 26, 2023 – via Wayback Machine.

* Arizona Game and Fish Department, Information and Education Division (2007). Arizona Fishin' Holes. Phoenix, AZ: Arizona Game and Fish Department.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Patagonia Lake.

* U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Patagonia Lake
* Arizona Fishing Locations Map
* Arizona Boating Locations Facilities Map
* Video of Patagonia Lake