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The Donnells Dam, Beardsley Dam and Tulloch Dam projects are located in Tuolumne County, California on the Middle Fork of the Stanislaus River.OID and SSJID co-developed the "Upper Works" (Donnells and Beardsley) and the "Lower Works" (Lake Tulloch) of the Tri-Dam Project [4] Donnells Reservoir, Beardsley Reservoir, and Lake Tulloch were fully operational just two years after its making was ...
Reservoir Dam River County Owner Completed Type Height of dam [a] Reservoir capacity (ft) (m) (acre ft) (1,000 m 3) Almaden Reservoir: Almaden Dam: Alamitos Creek: Santa Clara: Santa Clara Valley Water District: 1935: Earth: 108 33: 1,586: 1,956 Alpine Lake: Alpine Dam: Lagunitas Creek: Marin: Marin Municipal Water District: 1917: Gravity: 143 ...
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]
Lake Shasta, shown above, is California's largest reservoir. On Nov. 19, when the first photo was taken, it sat at 31% of capacity, according to the California Department of Water Resources .
In the wake of the atmospheric rivers that have brought an onslaught of rain, wind and snow to California over the last few weeks, short-term drought conditions and reservoir levels have improved ...
Northern California's San Luis Reservoir was only one-quarter full in December, and is now nearly full after the state's wet winter. Stunning before-and-after images: California reservoir went ...
Tulloch Dam, located directly below New Melones, serves to re-regulate the river flow and ensure a consistent water level in the lower portion of the Stanislaus River. [ 122 ] The last major hydroelectric project to be built on the Stanislaus River was the North Fork project, officially known as the North Fork Stanislaus River Hydroelectric ...
The water impounded by the 291-foot (89 m) high dam forms Donnell Lake in Stanislaus National Forest. [5] The dam and reservoir are co-owned by the Oakdale Irrigation District and South San Joaquin Irrigation District, and the dam is one of three in the Tri-Dam Project. [6] The other two dams in the project are Beardsley Dam and Tulloch Dam.