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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pine Flat Lake Pine Flat Lake is an artificial lake or reservoir in the Sierra Nevada foothills of eastern Fresno County, California on the western north-south border to the Sierra- and Sequoia National Forests , about 30 mi (48 km) east of Fresno .
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Pine Flat Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Kings River in the Central Valley of Fresno County, California United States. Situated about 28 miles (45 km) east of Fresno , the dam is 440 feet (130 m) high and impounds Pine Flat Lake , in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada just outside the boundary of Kings Canyon National Park .
Pine Flat Road, leading to Pine Flat Dam, is seen closed outside the Piedra Post Office and near the Choinumni Park entrance Thursday, March 9, 2023 east of Fresno.
Most large reservoirs in California are located in the central and northern portions of the state, especially along the large and flood-prone rivers of the Central Valley. Eleven reservoirs have a storage capacity greater than or equal to 1,000,000 acre-feet (1.2 km 3 ); all of these except one are in or on drainages that feed into the Central ...
Farmland in the Tulare Lake Basin is submerged in water in Corcoran, Calif., Thursday, April 20, 2023, after more than a dozen atmospheric rivers dumped record-setting rain and snowfall.
The main Kings then flows into Pine Flat Lake, the large reservoir created by Pine Flat Dam, which can store up to 1,000,000 acre-feet (1.2 km 3) of water. Constructed in 1954, Pine Flat Dam provides flood control, irrigation and hydroelectricity for the southern San Joaquin Valley. [19]
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