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The Nimbus Dam is a base load hydroelectric dam on the American River near Folsom, California. Approximately 8,700 acre-feet (10,700 dam 3 ) of water is retained by the dam. It is responsible for the impoundment of water from the American River to create the Lake Natoma reservoir .
The Nimbus Fish Hatchery is located in eastern Sacramento County, built on the downstream side of the Nimbus Dam. [1] It is one of the 21 fish hatcheries the California Department of Fish and Wildlife oversees. [2] Chinook salmon and steelhead are raised, and about 4 million Chinook salmon and 430,000 steelheads released each year. [3]
The Nimbus Fish Hatchery in Sacramento County has delayed the annual opening of its salmon ladder. ... The water flowing down the American River is released from Folsom Lake through the Folsom Dam.
About 7 mi (11 km) downstream of Folsom Dam is the Nimbus Dam, forming Lake Natoma. [574] The dam generates 7.7 MW from two Kaplan turbines on the north side of the river. The Nimbus Fish Hatchery is located downstream of Nimbus Dam, to compensate for the two dams' destruction of American River spawning grounds. [575]
Dozens of Chinook salmon can still be seen swimming up the fish ladder at the hatchery’s visitor center.
Lake Natoma is a small lake in the Western United States, along the lower American River, between Folsom Dam and Nimbus Dam in Sacramento County, California. The lake is located within the Folsom Lake State Recreation Area which maintains the facilities and bike trails surrounding the lake. Lake Natoma is located 15 miles (24 km) east of ...
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When the Folsom-Nimbus project was completed in 1958, most of the spawning and rearing areas for the fish were cut off. Nimbus Hatchery was constructed to replace the salmon and steelhead runs that were blocked by Nimbus dam. [16] The Nimbus Fish Hatchery located at Nimbus Dam raises Chinook salmon and steelhead for release to the American ...