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Lake Almanor is a large reservoir in northwestern Plumas County, northeastern California, United States. The reservoir has a capacity of 1,308,000 acre-feet (1.613 × 10 9 m 3 ) and a maximum depth of about 90 feet (27 meters).
Canyon Dam (National ID # CA00327m also known as Lake Almanor Dam [1]) is an embankment dam on the North Fork Feather River in northern California, 16 mi (26 km) southwest of Westwood. Located about 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Chester , the dam forms Lake Almanor , a large and shallow reservoir surrounded by the Cascade mountains.
A map by the California Geological Survey shows faults near the Lake Almanor area in Plumas County, where a magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Thursday, May 11, 2023, followed by a magnitude 5.2 ...
Located southeast of Chester, Lake Almanor, formed by the 130-foot (40 m) high, 1,250-foot (380 m) long earthfill Canyon Dam (also known as Almanor Dam), is the primary storage facility for the project, with a capacity of 1,308,000 acre-feet (1.613 km 3) of water. At 28,160 acres (11,400 ha), Almanor is one of California's largest artificial ...
Closer to the epicenter is Canyon Dam holding back Lake Almanor, which was highlighted for its cracked spillway in a 2017 Sacramento Bee story. A 2016 annual inspection report compiled by the ...
It then empties into Lake Almanor, which is formed by the Canyon Dam. After leaving the dam the river cuts south into a gorge, and turns southwest to receive Butt Creek from the right. The East Branch North Fork Feather River, the North Fork's largest tributary, comes in next to Caribou Rd (40°00'49.9"N 121°13'32.4"W). It then flows ...
Lake Almanor is a popular hunting, fishing and boating destination. The lake is home for a variety of fish and bird species, many of which make for good sport and game. Chester and the greater Lake Almanor area are home to many seasonal and year-round resorts and restaurants that cater to the locals and the summer seasonal tourists.
Almanor is located at (40.216857, -121.177325), [6] on the south-west shoreline of Lake Almanor. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 0.9 square miles (2.3 km 2), all land.