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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
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 ...
California reservoir levels stand at 116% of the average, according to the release. The next focus is to capture as much snowmelt runoff as possible, state water officials say. The dry start to ...
With capacity levels in the 80 percentile, Folsom Lake is at 114% of its historical average, Shasta Lake is at 113% and New Melones Lake is at 133%. All three reservoirs are operated by the ...
For convenience, all reservoirs in Northern California should be included in this category. This includes all the reservoirs that can also be found in the subcategories.
Northern California's San Luis Reservoir was only one-quarter full in December, and is now nearly full after the state's wet winter. Northern California's San Luis Reservoir was only one-quarter ...
Lake Tahoe is the second deepest lake in the U.S. In terms of area covered, the largest lake in California is the Salton Sea, a lake formed in 1905 which is now saline.It occupies 376 square miles (970 km 2) in the southeast corner of the state, but because it is shallow it only holds about 7.5 million acre⋅ft (2.4 trillion US gal; 9.3 trillion L) of water. [2]
Photos from the California Department of Water Resources show how water levels rose at Lake Oroville and Lake Folsom reservoirs after winter storms.