Riviera West is a planned and unincorporated community in Lake County, California, lying within the Soda Bay census-designated place boundaries. It is located on the northern slope of Mount Konocti, east of the Riviera Heights subdivision.
Riviera West | |
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  Riviera West Location in California  Riviera West Riviera West (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 38°59′21″N 122°44′54″W / 38.98917°N 122.74833°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Lake County |
| CDP | Soda Bay |
| Elevation | 1,693 ft (516 m) |
Location
editRiviera West is one of the large subdivisions in the Rivieras Planning Area, the others being Buckingham Park, Riviera Heights and Clear Lake Riviera.[2] It lies at an elevation of 1693 feet (516 m).[1] Riviera West is on the west shore of Clear Lake, north of Clear Lake Riviera and south of Buckingham Park. The subdivisions are connected by Soda Bay Road.[3]
Most of the soils underlying the subdivisions are recent pyroclastic deposits that date from the Pleistocene or Holocene.[4]
Development
editThe Riviera West subdivision was created in 1969.[5] As of 2007 it contained about 250 homes, and had about 270 undeveloped lots.[2] Water is supplied by the Riviera West Water Company, which draws the water from Clear Lake. It can store 210,000 US gallons (790,000 L; 170,000 imp gal) of water. As of October 2005 the company was not allowing any new connections, but was planning to upgrade storage capacity.[6] In 2009 the state fined the Riviera West Mutual Water Company almost $4 million for failing to submit monitoring reports between January 2004 and July 2007. The water company treats the water to remove solids, sludge and other material, and was discharging the waste into the lake, but since then had changed to placing the waste on land.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b Riviera West USGS.
- ^ a b Coel & Minton 2007, p. 5-5.
- ^ Node: Riviera West (141034907).
- ^ Coel & Minton 2007, p. 3-1.
- ^ a b Larson 2009.
- ^ Coel & Minton 2007, p. 5.21.
Sources
edit- Coel, Richard; Minton, Emily (January 9, 2007), Rivieras Area Plan (PDF), Lake County Community Development Department, retrieved May 5, 2021
- Larson, Elizabeth (January 8, 2009), "Riviera West Mutual Water hit with $3.9 million state fine", Lake County News, retrieved May 5, 2021
- "Node: Riviera West (141034907)", OpenStreetMap, retrieved May 5, 2021
- "Riviera West", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior