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Blue Ridge Dam is a hydraulic earth-fill type dam 167 feet (51 m) high and 1,000 feet (300 m) long, and has a generating capacity of 22 megawatts. [2] The dam's gate-controlled saddle spillway— which is separated from the main dam by a small hill— can discharge up to 55,000 cubic feet (1,600 m 3 ) of water per second.
Blue Ridge Lake was created by the completion of Blue Ridge Dam and has approximately 60 miles (97 km) of shoreline and a flood storage capacity of 68,500 acre⋅ft (84,500 dam 3). The lake's levels fluctuate by about 20 feet (6.1 m) in a typical year. Blue Ridge Dam was completed in 1930. It stands 175 feet (53 m) high and is 1,553 feet (473 m ...
In California alone, thousands of dams provide a long list of human-centered services. ... First, lead with science: Understanding the costs and benefits of keeping an aging dam in place is ...
Loch Lomond (California) Newell Creek Dam: Newell Creek: Santa Cruz: Santa Cruz Water Dept. [7] 1960: Earth: 190 58: 9,200: 11,300 Loon Lake: Loon Lake Dam: Gerle Creek: El Dorado: Sacramento Municipal Utility District: 1963: Rock-fill: 108: 33: 76,500: 94,500 Lopez Lake: Lopez Dam: Arroyo Grande Creek: San Luis Obispo: San Luis Obispo County ...
The ultimate danger is that Lake Mead reaches the “dead pool” stage. At the end of last month, Lake Mead was at 1,044.28 feet of surface elevation above sea level. That's about 100 feet below ...
A national push to "rewild" looks to restore natural environments that might help mitigate the effects of climate change.
D.B. Fields/Johnson Dam 1946 Mendocino County: Rice Creek: Big River: McGowan Dam 6 ft (1.8 m) 1998 Butte Creek: Butte Creek: Irrigation dam. Western Canal East Dam 10 ft (3.0 m) 1998 Western Canal Main Dam 10 ft (3.0 m) 1998 McPherrin Dam
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