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Valley Lake Ranchos, California

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Valley Lake Ranchos
Valley Lake Ranchos is located in California
Valley Lake Ranchos
Valley Lake Ranchos
Location in California
Valley Lake Ranchos is located in the United States
Valley Lake Ranchos
Valley Lake Ranchos
Valley Lake Ranchos (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°03′41″N 120°00′57″W / 37.06139°N 120.01583°W / 37.06139; -120.01583Coordinates: 37°03′41″N 120°00′57″W / 37.06139°N 120.01583°W / 37.06139; -120.01583
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CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyMadera County
Elevation331 ft (101 m)

Valley Lake Ranchos is an unincorporated area of Madera County, California.[1] It lies at an elevation of 331 feet (101 m),[1] and is located northeast of the city of Madera.[2]

The proposed development had originally been promoted, together with Indian Lakes Estates, as "18 miles of shoreline".[3] In January 1966, after completing development of the first section of Valley Lake Ranchos, developers of the new subdivision filed a letter with the Madera County board of supervisors that they no longer wished to continue.[4] The San Francisco Examiner reported two years later that there had still been no construction and no visible lake.[3]

In 1967, the board of supervisors decided to give the developers of Valley Lake Ranchos "two weeks to put up a cash deposit and satisfactory work schedule for the completion of facilities in the subdivision".[5] If the developers failed to respond in kind, the supervisors would foreclose on the bonds posted for completion of the facilities.[5] At this point, most of the lots in the subdivision had been sold, and the money had been used to buy other properties in the mountains.[5]

The Valley Lake Ranchos subdivision remained vacant as of 1985, when it was the site of a free-flight competition hosted by the Society of Antique Modelers and coordinated by the Fresno Gas Model Airplane Club.[2]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Valley Lake Ranchos, California
  2. 2.0 2.1 "900 entrants expected for free-flight contest". The Fresno Bee. June 23, 1985. Retrieved 2023-11-30 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Ludlow, Lynn (September 17, 1968). "16,000 Acres of Hardpan Cut Up–And Sold". San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved 2023-11-30 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Development Halts". Madera Tribune. January 11, 1966. Retrieved 2023-12-01 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Accumulated Funds Use Urged For Road Department Facility". Madera Tribune. January 25, 1967. Retrieved 2023-12-03 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.



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