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View of the American River from below the Guy West Bridge on the Sacramento State campus. The American River is a 30-mile-long (50 km) river in California that runs from the Sierra Nevada mountain range to its confluence with the Sacramento River in downtown Sacramento. Via the Sacramento River, it is part of the San Francisco Bay watershed.
From October 1 through May 31, the dam and lake are used to prevent flooding on the lower end of the American River. The Sacramento Basin is notorious for flooding, and the dam helps relieve winter storm runoff and snow melt from the Sierra. [13] It is a major component of the American River Watershed.
The Middle Fork American River watershed encompasses 616 square miles (1,600 km 2), which represents about 33 percent of the total American River drainage basin above Folsom Lake. [2] The Rubicon River is the largest tributary watershed, at 315.4 sq mi (817 km 2 ), which is nearly three times the size of the Middle Fork's own drainage area ...
The body of a swimmer pulled Sunday from the confluence of the American River near Auburn after emergency personnel responded for reports of a drowning has been identified.
The North Fork American River also flows into the lake, and the combined rivers form the American River proper, which flows from the dam southwest to a confluence with the Sacramento River. [ 8 ] The South Fork drains an area of 840 sq mi (2,200 km 2 ), [ 4 ] or about a third of the 2,150 sq mi (5,600 km 2 ) American River watershed.
The lake was created in 1966 with the completion of Lower Hell Hole Dam across the Rubicon River, a major tributary of the Middle Fork of the American River. [1] Hell Hole is named for a deep canyon which is now under the waters of the lake. How the canyon came to be named Hell Hole is a combination of folklore and speculation.
New York. Number of Residential Swimming Pools: 503,000. Average Number of People per Pool: 38. Despite being surrounded by water, New York still has one of the highest numbers of U.S. swimming pools.
The North Fork Dam also serves as a 15 MW, 40 GWh run-of-river hydroelectric project. [4] Lake Clementine was created when the construction of the dam was completed. The reservoir has a capacity of 14,700 acre-feet, and a surface area of 280 acres.