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Lake Catherine is the smaller of the two lakes, sized at 1,940-acre (790 ha). The Lake Catherine State Park is located on the lake's shore. The lake was created in the 1920's with the building of Remmel Dam, a concrete-and-steel Ambursen-type buttressed dam. Remmel Dam was created to provide hydroelectricity, but the lake later developed into a ...
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 ...
When the level falls to 950 feet, the lake can no longer generate hydroelectricity. At 895 feet, the dam can’t release water downstream. At 895 feet, the dam can’t release water downstream.
Once constructed, it would be the 8th largest reservoir in California. Two primary dams, Sites Dam and Golden Gate Dam, would be constructed to hold water in the reservoir where hills drop too low, but they would not block major waterways or rivers. Sites Reservoir would also include nine small dams and dikes to hold the water at the right level.
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Calder said the dam's base is at 895 feet above sea level. The record crest of flood water was 951 feet above sea level during a flood in 2005. That's about 56 feet higher than the base.
Huntington Lake is formed by Big Creek Dam Nos. 1, 2 and 3 and a smaller saddle dam at the headwaters of Big Creek. The lake stores water from Big Creek and the South Fork San Joaquin River for release through a tunnel, plunging 2,131 feet (650 m) to Big Creek Powerhouse No. 1 on a small forebay called Dam 4.
Henry Garcia, construction manager with the Bureau of Reclamation, stands on top of the B.F. Sisk Dam at San Luis Reservoir discussing the construction project which will raise the dam but impact ...