Hog Flat Camp W Fire Ring

Lassen County, California is home to this crystal-clear mountain lake situated at 5,485 feet elevation. The 693-acre (2.80 square miles) water body features scenic surroundings and shallow waters. Constructed in 1889 as part of Benjamin Leavitt's irrigation enterprise, it is currently owned and operated by Lassen Irrigation District. The lake is located in Lassen National Forest off Highway 44, about 10 miles northeast of Westwood.

Constructed in 1889 as part of Benjamin Leavitt’s expanding reclamation enterprise and now part of the Lassen Irrigation District. Lassen National Forest Service Supervisor, A. G. Brenneis, wrote an article about the origin of its name that was published in the California Ranger, August 1938: “Many years ago the residents of Honey Lake Valley joined together to start the Susan River Irrigation District and, as a first step, began the construction of the dams at the present sites of Hog Flat and McCoy Flat Reservoirs. The first winter this country received heavy storms and as a result the dam at Hog Flat was destroyed. The entire meadow, which should have been a lake was covered with a rank growth of vegetation and in order to salvage something from the reservoir, the farmers of the district banded together, placed a huge herd of hogs on the meadow, fattened them, and made some money to repay them for the loss of the dam. Ever since then the reservoir has carried its name of Hog Flat.”

LakeMonster lists Rainbow trout, Brown trout, Largemouth bass, Smallmouth bass, Bluegill for Hog Flat Reservoir. A species listing does not guarantee current activity; use current temperature, weather, recent reports, and local regulations when planning.