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Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in California in a sortable table. There are over 1,400 named dams and 1,300 named reservoirs in the state of California . Dams in service
New Exchequer Dam is a concrete–faced, rock-fill dam on the Merced River in central California in the United States. It forms Lake McClure , which impounds the river for irrigation and hydroelectric power production and has a capacity of more than 1,000,000 acre-feet (1.2 km 3 ).
Cogswell Dam is a rockfill dam on the West Fork of the San Gabriel River in Los Angeles County, California. It is located in the San Gabriel Mountains, northeast of Mount Wilson, and within the Angeles National Forest. It forms Cogswell Reservoir, which has a capacity of 8,969 acre-feet (11,063,000 m 3). [2]
Santiago Dam (also known as Santiago Creek Dam) is an earth/rockfill dam across Santiago Creek in Orange County, in the U.S. state of California, forming Irvine Lake. The 136-foot (41 m) earth dam and its reservoir serve for flood control and recreational purposes. It lies upstream (southeast) from the city of Orange and north of Irvine. Irvine ...
Bear River Dam (National ID # CA00379, also known as the Upper Bear River Dam) is a dam in Amador County, California, [1] due east of Sacramento. The rockfill dam was constructed in 1900 (124 years ago) ( 1900 ) with a height of 83 feet (25 m), and a length of 748 feet (228 m) at its crest. [ 2 ]
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San Gabriel Dam is a rock-fill dam on the San Gabriel River in Los Angeles County, California, within the Angeles National Forest.Completed in 1939, the dam impounds the main stem of the San Gabriel River about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) downstream from the confluence of the river's East and West Forks, which drain a large portion of the San Gabriel Mountains.
The water intakes of Hoover Dam on Lake Mead, and the "bathtub ring" behind them, show how far below its historical level the vast reservoir has fallen. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)