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It impounds Lost Creek for irrigation storage and hydroelectric power, along with the smaller Lost Creek Dam immediately downstream. The reservoir it creates, Sly Creek Reservoir, has a water surface of 562 acres (227 ha) and a maximum capacity of 65,000 acre-feet (80,000,000 m 3). [2] Recreation includes fishing, camping and hiking. [3]
The spillway of Sly Park Dam is actually in the auxiliary dam: it is a concrete chute 170 feet (52 m) long and can carry 6,700 cubic feet (190 m 3) per second, while the outlet works at the foot of the dam can carry 47 cubic feet (1.3 m 3) per second. The drainage area of Sly Park Creek behind the dam is 47 square miles (120 km 2). [1]
The Bureau of State Parks and Recreation division of Department of Conservation and Recreation (Massachusetts) (DCR) is responsible for the maintenance and management of over 450,000 acres (1,820 sq km) of privately and state-owned forests and parks, nearly 10% of the Commonwealth's total land mass. Within the lands managed by the Bureau of ...
Some water is diverted from two tributaries of the North Fork – Camp Creek and Sly Park Creek – for irrigation in the Camino area. Sly Park Dam , which creates 41,000-acre-foot (51,000,000 m 3 ) Jenkinson Lake, is the largest water storage facility in the Cosumnes River watershed.
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]
A 5-year-old child had to be disarmed by police after answering the front door holding a loaded handgun in Michigan. The child opened the front door carrying the armed weapon to a cadet who came ...
Watch the Video. Click here to watch on YouTube. It’s a parent’s worst nightmare. Imagine spotting a shark’s dorsal fin mere feet from where your daughter is swimming in the shallow water of ...
Sly Park [2] is an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California. [1] It is located in Sly Valley 13 miles (21 km) east of Placerville, [2] at an elevation of 3560 feet (1085 m). [1] A post office operated at Sly Park from 1891 to 1919, with several moves. [2] The name honors James Sly, one of the Mormons who discovered Sly Valley. [2]