List of dams and reservoirs in California
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Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in California in a sortable table. There are over 1,400 named dams and 1,300 named reservoirs in the state of California.
Dams in service
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Former dams
[edit]- Baldwin Hills Reservoir (1947–1963) - failed December 14, 1963
- St. Francis Dam (1926–1928) - failed March 12, 1928
- San Clemente Dam - intentionally removed in 2015-2016 because of environmental issues
- Van Norman Dams (1911–1971) - failed February 9, 1971, in 1971 San Fernando earthquake
Proposed dams
[edit]- Ah Pah Dam (defunct)
- Auburn Dam (defunct)
- Centennial Dam[11]
- Sites Reservoir[12]
- Temperance Flat Dam
See also
[edit]- California State Water Project
- List of dam removals in California
- List of lakes in California
- List of largest reservoirs of California
- List of power stations in California
- List of the tallest dams in the United States
- List of United States Bureau of Reclamation dams
- Water in California
Notes and references
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ The "height" listed is the vertical distance from the crest of the dam to the original stream bed at the downstream toe of the dam — hydraulic height, not foundation height.
- ^ Clear Lake is a natural lake. The dam adds only 315,000 acre-feet (389,000,000 m3) of capacity and controls only the top 7 feet (2.1 m) of the lake.
- ^ Donner Lake is a natural lake. The dam adds only 10,300 acre-feet (12,700,000 m3) of capacity and controls only the top 10 feet (3.0 m) of the lake.
- ^ Lake Tahoe is a natural lake with a volume of 120 million acre-feet (150 km3). The dam controls only the top 6 feet (1.8 m) of the lake.
- ^ The lake is only partially in California, as it sits astride the border between California and Nevada.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Dams Within the Jurisdiction of the State of California (A-G)" (PDF). California Department of Water Resources, Division of Safety of Dams. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 9, 2012. Retrieved November 5, 2012.
- ^ "Dams Owned and Operated by Federal Agencies" (PDF). California Department of Water Resources, Division of Safety of Dams. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 5, 2012. Retrieved November 5, 2012.
- ^ "Guadalupe Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Dams Within the Jurisdiction of the State of California" (PDF). State of California. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 2, 2015. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
- ^ "Lake Elsman". Find Lakes. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
- ^ "Oroville Dam is the tallest earthen embankment dam in the United States". California Department of Water Resources, Division of Engineering. Archived from the original on May 3, 2008. Retrieved October 20, 2007.
- ^ [1] Archived June 6, 2017, at the Wayback Machine Santa Cruz Water Dept. system map
- ^ "RFP Los Padres Dam Fish Passage Feasibility Study" (PDF). March 24, 2016.
- ^ "Los Vaqueros Project Expansion - Contra Costa Water District, CA". ccwater.com.
- ^ "Environmental".
- ^ "Centennial Reservoir". www.centennialreservoir.org. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
- ^ "Sites Reservoir: A long time in coming, a long way to go". March 27, 2014. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
- Department of Water Resources Division of Safety of Dams (2009). "Listing of Dams". California Data Exchange Center. State of California. Retrieved April 1, 2009.
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