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  2. Mammoth Pool Reservoir - Wikipedia

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    Mammoth Pool Reservoir is a reservoir on the San Joaquin River in the Sierra Nevada, within the Sierra National Forest in California. It creates the border between Fresno County and Madera County . It is about 45 miles (72 km) north-northeast of Fresno .

  3. Mammoth Pool Dam - Wikipedia

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    Mammoth Pool Dam is a hydroelectric dam located on the San Joaquin River in the southern Sierra Nevada mountain range of California, about 45 miles (72 km) northeast of Fresno. It forms Mammoth Pool Reservoir and lies within the Sierra National Forest. The dam and reservoir were named after a large natural pool in the river that was once ...

  4. Big Creek Hydroelectric Project - Wikipedia

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    The Mammoth Pool Dam forms Mammoth Pool Reservoir on the San Joaquin River about 7 miles (11 km) upstream from Dam 6. Mammoth Pool regulates the flow of the San Joaquin River to allow increased power generation downstream. Water flows from Mammoth Pool through a tunnel to Dam 6, where it drops 1,100 feet (340 m), feeding the Mammoth Pool ...

  5. Creek Fire - Wikipedia

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    The 2020 Creek Fire was a very large wildfire in central California's Sierra National Forest, in Fresno and Madera counties. One of the most significant fires of California's record-setting 2020 wildfire season, it began on September 4, 2020, and burned 379,895 acres (153,738 ha) over several months until it was declared 100% contained on December 24, 2020.

  6. Big Creek (San Joaquin River tributary) - Wikipedia

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    Big Creek is a 19.3-mile-long (31.1 km) tributary of the San Joaquin River in the Sierra Nevada, within the Sierra National Forest, central California. The creek flows in Fresno County . [ 1 ] The settlement of Big Creek is named for it, as was the 2020 Creek Fire , which started in the Big Creek drainage and became one of California's largest ...

  7. Category:Sierra National Forest - Wikipedia

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    The Sierra National Forest — located in the central Sierra Nevada, California ... Mammoth Pool Reservoir; Merriam Peak (California) Minarets (California)

  8. ‘Sight of a lifetime’: Yosemite's waterfalls flow hard from ...

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    Thankfully, when I'm not at the park, I can escape the crowds back at Tenaya Lodge, located in the equally beautiful Sierra National Forest. Tenaya offers free mountain bike rentals, which I ride ...

  9. Sierra National Forest - Wikipedia

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    Sierra National Forest is a U.S. national forest located on the western slope of the central Sierra Nevada in California, bounded on the northwest by Yosemite National Park and on the south by Kings Canyon National Park. The forest is known for its mountain scenery and beautiful lakes.