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The spillway of Sly Park Dam is actually in the auxiliary dam: it is a concrete chute 170 feet (52 m) long and can carry 6,700 cubic feet (190 m 3) per second, while the outlet works at the foot of the dam can carry 47 cubic feet (1.3 m 3) per second. The drainage area of Sly Park Creek behind the dam is 47 square miles (120 km 2). [1]
Jenkinson Lake is a reservoir located in El Dorado County, California near Pollock Pines, California named after Walter E. Jenkinson, manager of the El Dorado irrigation district. There are two main parts, the upper and lower lake. The lower lake is about eight times larger than the upper lake, which is to the northeast of its partner.
Sly Park Dam, which creates 41,000-acre-foot (51,000,000 m 3) Jenkinson Lake, is the largest water storage facility in the Cosumnes River watershed. The dam and reservoir are part of the extensive Central Valley Project. However, the project has negligible effects on river flows, and does not block historic salmon spawning runs.
The 106-acre and roughly 40-foot deep reservoir — which typically holds more than one billion gallons of water — is supplied from upstate reservoirs, which have dropped below their own normal ...
Sly Park Dam (left) and auxiliary dam (right) The Sly Park Unit includes Sly Park Dam, Jenkinson Lake, the Camp Creek Diversion Dam, and two diversion tunnels. The Sly Park Dam and its similarly-sized auxiliary dam form Jenkinson Lake, which covers 650 acres (260 ha). [576] Jenkinson Lake feeds the Camino Conduit, a 5 mi (8.0 km) aqueduct. [571]
The reservoir it creates, Sly Creek Reservoir, has a water surface of 562 acres (227 ha) and a maximum capacity of 65,000 acre-feet (80,000,000 m 3). [2] Recreation includes fishing, camping and hiking. [3] The site is surrounded by the Plumas National Forest.
Emergency responders were alerted that a body was found in the Highland Park reservoir around 8 a.m. and the Rochester Police Department's scuba team is working to recover what appears to be a ...
On August 17 the fire grew to 30,000 acres (12,000 ha) as it expanded rapidly north and east, crossing the North Fork Cosumnes River and approaching Sly Park Reservoir. By August 20, the fire had burned nearly to Highway 50, forcing a closure of the highway. [15]