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Height of Dam[1] |
Reservoir Capacity |
Reservoir |
Dam |
River |
County |
Owner |
Completed |
Type |
(ft) |
(m) |
(acre ft) |
(1,000 m³) |
Almaden Reservoir |
Almaden Dam |
Alamitos Creek |
Santa Clara |
Santa Clara Valley Water District |
1935 |
Earth |
108 |
33 |
1,586 |
1,956 |
Alpine Lake |
Alpine Dam |
Lagunitas Creek |
Marin |
Marin Municipal Water District |
1917 |
Gravity |
143 |
44 |
8,892 |
10,968 |
Anderson Lake |
Leroy Anderson Dam |
Coyote Creek |
Santa Clara |
Santa Clara Valley Water District |
1950 |
Earth |
235 |
72 |
91,280 |
112,590 |
Antelope Lake |
Antelope Dam |
Upper Indian Creek |
Plumas |
California Department of Water Resources |
1965 |
Earth |
120 |
37 |
22,566 |
27,835 |
Balsam Forebay |
Balsam Meadow Dam |
Balsam Creek, West Fork |
Fresno |
Southern California Edison |
1986 |
Rock-fill |
127 |
39 |
2,040 |
2,500 |
Barker Reservoir |
Barker Dam |
off-stream reservoir |
Riverside |
Joshua Tree National Park |
1949 |
? |
15 |
4.6 |
? |
? |
Barrett Lake |
Barrett Dam |
Cottonwood Creek |
San Diego County |
San Diego |
1923 |
Concrete gravity |
171 |
52 |
34,206 |
42,192 |
Bass Lake |
Crane Valley Dam |
Willow Creek, North Fork |
Madera |
Pacific Gas and Electric Company |
1910 |
Hydraulic fill |
145 |
44 |
45,410 |
56,010 |
Bear Gulch Reservoir |
Bear Gulch Dam |
off-stream reservoir |
San Mateo |
California Water Service Company |
1896 |
Earth |
61 |
19 |
672 |
829 |
Bear River Reservoir |
Bear River Dam |
Bear River |
Amador |
Pacific Gas and Electric Company |
1900 |
Rock-fill |
83 |
25 |
6,818 |
8,410 |
Beardsley Lake |
Beardsley Dam |
Stanislaus River, Middle Fork |
Tuolumne |
Oakdale & South San Joaquin Irrigation Districts |
1957 |
Earth and rock |
278 |
85 |
70,600 |
87,000 |
Bethany Reservoir |
Bethany Forebay Dam |
Italian Slough tributary |
Alameda |
California Department of Water Resources |
1961 |
Earth |
95 |
29 |
5,250 |
6,480 |
Big Bear Lake |
Bear Valley Dam |
Bear Creek |
San Bernardino |
Big Bear Municipal Water District |
1911 |
Multiple Arch |
80 |
24 |
74,000[2] |
91,000 |
Big Dry Creek Reservoir |
Big Dry Creek Dam |
Dry Creek and Dog Creek |
Fresno |
Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control District |
1948 |
Earth |
50 |
15 |
30,200 |
37,300 |
Big Sage Reservoir |
Big Sage Dam |
Rattlesnake Creek |
Modoc |
Hot Springs Valley Irrigation District |
1921 |
Earth |
49 |
15 |
77,000 |
95,000 |
Big Tujunga Reservoir |
Big Tujunga Dam |
Big Tujunga Creek |
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles County Department of Public Works |
1931 |
Variable radius arch |
208 |
63 |
5,750 |
7,090 |
Black Butte Lake |
Black Butte Dam |
Stony Creek |
Tehama and Glenn |
United States Army Corps of Engineers |
1963 |
Earth |
156 |
48 |
143,700 |
177,300 |
Boca Reservoir |
Boca Dam |
Little Truckee River |
Nevada |
United States Bureau of Reclamation |
1939 |
Earth |
93 |
28 |
41,110 |
50,720 |
Bon Tempe Lake |
Bon Tempe Dam |
Lagunitas Creek |
Marin |
Marin Municipal Water District |
1949 |
Earth |
98 |
30 |
4,300 |
5,300 |
Bouquet Reservoir |
Bouquet Canyon Dam |
Bouquet Creek |
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power |
1934 |
Earth |
190 |
58 |
36,505 |
45,028 |
Bowman Lake |
Bowman Dam |
Canyon Creek |
Nevada |
Nevada Irrigation District |
1927 |
Rock-fill |
175 |
53 |
64,000 |
79,000 |
Bridgeport Reservoir |
Bridgeport Dam |
East Walker River |
Mono |
Walker River Irrigation District |
1924 |
Earth |
63 |
19 |
44,100 |
54,400 |
Briones Reservoir |
Briones Dam |
Bear Creek |
Contra Costa |
East Bay Municipal Utility District |
1964 |
Earth |
273 |
83 |
67,520 |
83,280 |
Brush Creek Reservoir |
Brush Creek Dam |
Brush Creek |
El Dorado |
Sacramento Municipal Utility District |
1970 |
Variable radius arch |
213 |
65 |
1,530 |
1,890 |
Bucks Lake |
Bucks Storage Dam |
Bucks Creek |
Plumas |
Pacific Gas and Electric Company |
1928 |
Rock-fill |
122 |
37 |
103,000 |
127,000 |
Butt Valley Reservoir |
Butt Valley Dam |
Butt Creek |
Plumas |
Pacific Gas and Electric Company |
1924 |
Hydraulic fill |
106 |
32 |
49,800 |
61,400 |
Buena Vista Lake |
Buena Vista Dam |
off-stream reservoir |
Kern |
J. Boswell & Tenneco West |
1890 |
Earth |
20 |
6.1 |
205,000 |
253,000 |
Calaveras Reservoir |
Calaveras Dam |
Calaveras Creek |
Alameda |
City and County of San Francisco |
1925 |
Hydraulic fill |
210 |
64 |
100,000 |
123,000 |
Calero Reservoir |
Calero Dam |
Calero Creek |
Santa Clara |
Santa Clara Valley Water District |
1935 |
Earth |
90 |
27 |
9,850 |
12,100 |
Camanche Reservoir |
Camanche Dam |
Mokelumne River |
San Joaquin, Amador, and Calaveras |
East Bay Municipal Utility District |
1963 |
Earth |
171 |
52 |
417,120 |
514,510 |
Camp Far West Reservoir |
Camp Far West Dam |
Bear River |
Yuba |
South Sutter Water District |
1963 |
Earth and rock |
185 |
56 |
104,500 |
128,900 |
Canyon Lake |
Railroad Canyon Dam |
San Jacinto River |
Riverside |
Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District |
1928 |
Variable radius arch |
94 |
29 |
11,900 |
14,600 |
Caples Lake |
Caples Lake Dam |
Silver Fork tributary |
Alpine |
El Dorado Irrigation District |
1922 |
Earth and rock |
71 |
22 |
21,580 |
26,620 |
Carbon Canyon Reservoir |
Carbon Canyon Dam |
Carbon Canyon Creek |
Orange |
United States Army Corps of Engineers |
1961 |
Earth |
99 |
30 |
6,615 |
8,160 |
Castaic Lake |
Castaic Dam |
Castaic Creek |
Los Angeles |
California Department of Water Resources |
1973 |
Earth |
340 |
100 |
323,700 |
399,300 |
Cedar Lake |
Cedar Lake Dam |
Talmadge Creek |
San Bernardino |
First Congregational Church of Los Angeles |
1928 |
Arch dam |
28 |
8.5 |
30 |
37 |
Cherry Lake |
Cherry Valley Dam |
Cherry Creek |
Tuolumne |
City and County of San Francisco |
1956 |
Earth and rock |
315 |
96 |
273,500 |
337,400 |
Chesbro Reservoir |
Elmer Chesbro Dam |
Llagas Creek |
Santa Clara |
Santa Clara Valley Water District |
1955 |
Earth and rock |
95 |
29 |
8,952 |
11,042 |
Clear Lake |
Cache Creek Dam |
Cache Creek |
Lake |
Yolo County Flood Control and Water Conservation District |
1914 |
Gravity |
30 |
9.1 |
1,155,000[3] |
1,425,000 |
Clear Lake Reservoir |
Clear Lake Dam |
Lost River |
Modoc |
United States Bureau of Reclamation |
1910 |
Rock-fill |
32 |
9.8 |
451,000 |
556,000 |
Clifton Court Forebay |
Clifton Court Forebay Dam |
Old River tributary |
Contra Costa |
California Department of Water Resources |
1970 |
Earth |
34 |
10 |
29,000 |
36,000 |
Cogswell Reservoir |
Cogswell Dam |
San Gabriel River, West Fork |
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles County Department of Public Works |
1935 |
Rock-fill |
266 |
81 |
8,969 |
11,063 |
Collins Lake |
Virginia Ranch Dam |
Dry Creek (Yuba River) |
Yuba |
Browns Valley Irrigation District |
1963 |
Earth |
152 |
46 |
57,000 |
70,000 |
Copco Lake |
Copco No 1 Dam |
Klamath River |
Siskiyou |
PacifiCorp |
1922 |
Gravity |
132 |
40 |
77,000 |
95,000 |
Courtright Reservoir |
Courtright Dam |
Helms Creek |
Fresno |
Pacific Gas and Electric Company |
1958 |
Rock-fill |
315 |
96 |
123,300 |
151,700 |
Coyote Lake |
Coyote Dam |
Coyote Creek |
Santa Clara |
Santa Clara Valley Water District |
1936 |
Earth and rock |
138 |
42 |
22,925 |
28,278 |
Crowley Lake |
Long Valley Dam |
Owens River |
Mono |
City of Los Angeles |
1941 |
Earth |
126 |
38 |
183,465 |
226,300 |
Crystal Springs Reservoir |
Lower Crystal Springs Dam |
San Mateo Creek |
San Mateo |
City and County of San Francisco |
1888 |
Gravity |
149 |
45 |
57,910 |
71,430 |
Hahamounga |
Devil's Gate |
Arroyo Seco |
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles County Department of Public Works |
1920 |
Gravity and rock |
? |
? |
? |
Diamond Valley Lake |
Diamond Valley Dam |
Domenigoni Valley Creek |
Riverside |
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California |
1999 |
Earth and rock |
284 |
87 |
800,000 |
987,000 |
Dodge Reservoir |
Red Rock No. 1 Dam |
Red Rock Creek |
Lassen |
Edgar S. Roberts |
1893 |
Earth |
63 |
19 |
10,000 |
12,000 |
Don Pedro Reservoir |
New Don Pedro Dam |
Tuolumne River |
Tuolumne |
Modesto Irrigation District and Turlock Irrigation District |
1971 |
Earth and rock |
568 |
173 |
2,030,000 |
2,504,000 |
Donnell Lake |
Donnells Dam |
Stanislaus River, Middle Fork |
Tuolumne |
Oakdale Irrigation District and South San Joaquin Irrigation District |
1958 |
Variable radius arch |
291 |
89 |
56,893 |
70,176 |
Donner Lake |
Donner Lake Dam |
Donner Creek |
Nevada |
Truckee Meadows Water Authority |
1927 |
Slab and buttress |
16 |
4.9 |
10,300[4] |
12,700 |
Duvall Lake |
Duvall Dam |
Pope Creek tributary |
Napa |
Jerome W. Komes |
1940 |
Earth |
30 |
9.1 |
242 |
299 |
East Park Reservoir |
East Park Dam |
Little Stony Creek |
Colusa |
United States Bureau of Reclamation |
1910 |
Concrete gravity |
92 |
28[5] |
51,000 |
63,000 |
Eastman Lake |
Buchanan Dam |
Chowchilla River |
Madera and Mariposa |
United States Army Corps of Engineers |
1975 |
Earth and rock |
192 |
59 |
150,000 |
185,000 |
Eaton Wash Reservoir |
Eaton Wash Dam |
Eaton Wash |
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles County Department of Public Works |
1937 |
Rock-fill |
63 |
19 |
721 |
889 |
El Capitan Reservoir |
El Capitan Dam |
San Diego River |
San Diego |
City of San Diego |
1934 |
Hydraulic fill |
237 |
72 |
112,800 |
139,100 |
Elderberry Forebay |
Elderberry Forebay Dam |
Castaic Creek |
Los Angeles |
California Department of Water Resources |
1974 |
Earth |
179 |
55 |
28,400 |
35,000 |
Englebright Lake |
Englebright Dam |
Yuba River |
Yuba |
United States Army Corps of Engineers |
1941 |
Variable radius arch |
280 |
85 |
70,000 |
86,000 |
Fallen Leaf Lake |
Fallen Leaf Dam |
Taylor Creek |
El Dorado |
United States Forest Service |
1934 |
Gravity |
12 |
3.7 |
6,800 |
8,400 |
Farmington Flood Control Basin |
Farmington Dam |
Rock Creek and Little John Creek |
San Joaquin |
United States Army Corps of Engineers |
1951 |
Earth |
58 |
18 |
52,000 |
64,000 |
Florence Lake |
Florence Lake Dam |
San Joaquin River, South Fork |
Fresno |
Southern California Edison |
1926 |
Multiple Arch |
149 |
45 |
64,406 |
79,444 |
Folsom Lake |
Folsom Dam |
American River |
Sacramento, Placer and El Dorado |
United States Army Corps of Engineers |
1956 |
Gravity |
275 |
84 |
975,000 |
1,203,000 |
French Lake Reservoir |
French Lake Dam |
Canyon Creek |
Nevada |
Nevada Irrigation District |
1859/1948 |
Rock-fill |
100 |
30 |
12,500 |
15,400 |
French Meadows Reservoir |
L.L. Anderson Dam |
American River, Middle Fork |
Placer |
Placer County Water Authority |
1965 |
Earth and rock |
231 |
70 |
111,333 |
137,327 |
Frenchman Lake |
Frenchman Dam |
Little Last Chance Creek |
Plumas |
California Department of Water Resources |
1961 |
Earth |
129 |
39 |
55,477 |
68,430 |
Gibraltar Reservoir |
Gibraltar Dam |
Santa Ynez River |
Santa Barbara |
City of Santa Barbara |
1920 |
Constant radius arch |
169 |
52 |
9,998[2] |
12,332 |
Grant Lake |
Grant Lake Dam |
Rush Creek |
Mono |
City of Los Angeles |
1940 |
Earth |
87 |
27 |
47,525 |
58,622 |
Guadalupe Reservoir |
Guadalupe Dam |
Guadalupe Creek[6] |
Santa Clara |
Santa Clara Valley Water District |
1935 |
Earth |
142 |
43 |
3,460[2] |
4,270 |
Hansen Flood-Control Reservoir |
Hansen Dam |
Tujunga Wash |
Los Angeles |
United States Army Corps of Engineers |
1940 |
Earth |
97 |
30 |
25,446 |
31,387 |
Hensley Lake |
Hidden Dam |
Fresno River |
Madera |
United States Army Corps of Engineers |
1974 |
Earth |
163 |
50 |
90,000 |
111,000 |
Hernandez Reservoir |
Hernandez Dam |
San Benito River |
San Benito |
San Benito County Water District |
1962 |
Earth |
124 |
38 |
18,000 |
22,000 |
Hetch Hetchy Reservoir |
O'Shaughnessy Dam |
Tuolumne River |
Tuolumne |
City and County of San Francisco |
1923 |
Gravity |
312 |
95[7] |
360,000 |
444,000 |
Hollywood Reservoir |
Mulholland Dam |
Weid Canyon |
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power |
1924 |
Gravity |
195 |
59 |
4,036 |
4,978 |
Hume Lake |
Hume Lake Dam |
Ten Mile Creek |
Fresno |
United States Forest Service |
1908 |
Multiple arch |
51 |
16 |
1,410 |
1,740 |
Huntington Lake |
Huntington Dams 1, 2, 3, and 4 |
Big Creek |
Fresno |
Southern California Edison |
1913/1919 |
Gravity |
? |
? |
89,166 |
109,985 |
Imperial Reservoir |
Imperial Diversion Dam |
Colorado River |
Imperial |
United States Bureau of Reclamation |
1938 |
Gravity |
23 |
7.0 |
1,000 |
1,200 |
Indian Valley Reservoir |
Indian Valley Dam |
Cache Creek, North Fork |
Lake |
Yolo County Flood Control and Water Conservation District |
1976 |
Earth |
222 |
68 |
300,000 |
370,000 |
Iron Canyon Reservoir |
Iron Canyon Dam |
Iron Canyon Creek |
Shasta |
Pacific Gas and Electric Company |
1965 |
Earth |
210 |
64 |
24,300 |
30,000 |
Iron Gate Reservoir |
Iron Gate Dam |
Klamath River |
Siskiyou |
PacifiCorp |
1962 |
Earth and rock |
188 |
57 |
58,000 |
72,000 |
Ivanhoe Reservoir |
Ivanhoe Reservoir Dam |
Manmade |
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power |
1906 |
Earth |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Jackson Meadows Reservoir |
Jackson Meadows Dam |
Yuba River, Middle Fork |
Nevada |
Nevada Irrigation District |
1965 |
Rock-fill |
195 |
59 |
52,500 |
64,800 |
Jenkinson Lake |
Sly Park Dam |
Sly Park Creek |
El Dorado |
El Dorado Irrigation District |
1955 |
Earth |
182 |
55 |
41,000 |
51,000 |
Kent Lake |
Peters Dam |
Lagunitas Creek |
Marin |
Marin Municipal Water District |
1954 |
Earth |
230 |
70 |
32,900 |
40,600 |
Keswick Reservoir |
Keswick Dam |
Sacramento River |
Shasta |
United States Bureau of Reclamation |
1950 |
Gravity |
118 |
36 |
23,772 |
29,345 |
La Grange Reservoir |
La Grange Dam |
Tuolumne River |
Stanislaus and Tuolumne |
Turlock Irrigation District |
1894 |
Gravity |
131 |
40 |
500 |
620 |
Lake Almanor |
Canyon Dam |
Feather River, North Fork |
Plumas |
Pacific Gas and Electric Company |
1927 |
Hydraulic fill |
130 |
40 |
1,308,000 |
1,613,000 |
Lake Aloha |
Medley Lakes Dam |
American River, South Fork, Tributary |
El Dorado |
El Dorado Irrigation District |
1923 |
Gravity |
21 |
6 |
5,350 |
6,600 |
Lake Alpine |
Alpine Dam |
Silver Creek |
Alpine |
Northern California Power Agency |
1906 |
Rock |
49 |
15 |
4,122 |
5,084 |
Lake Amador |
Jackson Creek Dam |
Jackson Creek |
Amador |
Jackson Valley Irrigation District |
1965 |
Earth and rock |
193 |
59 |
22,000 |
27,000 |
Lake Arrowhead Reservoir |
Lake Arrowhead Dam |
Little Bear Creek |
San Bernardino |
Arrowhead Lake Association |
1922 |
Hydraulic fill |
190 |
58 |
48,000 |
59,000 |
Lake Berryessa |
Monticello Dam |
Putah Creek |
Napa |
United States Bureau of Reclamation |
1957 |
Variable radius arch |
255 |
78 |
1,602,000 |
1,976,000 |
Lake Britton |
Pit 3 Dam |
Pit River |
Shasta |
Pacific Gas and Electric Company |
1925 |
Concrete gravity |
120 |
37 |
34,600 |
42,678 |
Lake Cachuma |
Bradbury Dam |
Santa Ynez River |
Santa Barbara |
United States Bureau of Reclamation |
1953 |
Earth |
201 |
61 |
205,000 |
253,000 |
Lake Calero |
Calero Dam |
Deer Creek |
Sacramento |
Rancho Murieta Community Services District |
1982 |
Earth |
55 |
17 |
2,832 |
3,493 |
Lake Casitas |
Casitas Dam |
Coyote Creek |
Ventura |
United States Bureau of Reclamation |
1959 |
Earth |
279 |
85 |
254,000 |
313,000 |
Lake Clementine |
North Fork Dam |
North Fork American River |
Placer |
United States Army Corps of Engineers |
1939 |
Variable radius arch |
155 |
47 |
14,700 |
18,100 |
Lake Davis |
Grizzly Valley Dam |
Big Grizzly Creek |
Plumas |
California Department of Water Resources |
1966 |
Earth and rock |
115 |
35 |
83,000 |
102,000 |
Lake Del Valle |
Del Valle Dam |
Arroyo Valle |
Alameda |
California Department of Water Resources |
1968 |
Earth |
222 |
68 |
77,100 |
95,100 |
Lake Eleanor |
Banning Dam |
Eleanor Creek |
Ventura |
Conejo Open Space Conservation Agency |
1889 |
Gravity |
37 |
11 |
? |
? |
Lake Elsman |
Austrian Dam |
Los Gatos Creek |
Santa Clara |
San Jose Water Agency |
1950[8] |
Earth |
185 |
56 |
6,200 |
7,650 |
Lake Gregory |
Lake Gregory Dam |
Houston Creek |
San Bernardino |
San Bernardino County Regional Parks Division |
1938 |
Earth |
90 |
27 |
2,100 |
2,600 |
Lake Havasu |
Parker Dam |
Colorado River |
San Bernardino and Mohave |
United States Bureau of Reclamation |
1938 |
Variable radius arch |
75 |
23 |
648,000 |
799,000 |
Lake Hemet |
Hemet Dam |
San Jacinto River |
Riverside |
Lake Hemet Municipal Water District |
1895 |
Masonry (arch) |
135 |
41 |
8,100 |
9,800 |
Lake Hennessey |
Conn Creek Dam |
Conn Creek |
Napa |
City of Napa |
1946 |
Earth |
125 |
38 |
31,000 |
38,000 |
Lake Henshaw |
Henshaw Dam |
San Luis Rey River |
San Diego |
Vista Irrigation District |
1923 |
Hydraulic fill |
123 |
37.5 |
53,400 |
65,700 |
Lake Hodges |
Lake Hodges Dam |
San Dieguito River |
San Diego |
City of San Diego |
1918 |
Multiple arch |
131 |
40 |
30,250 |
37,200 |
Lake Irvine |
Santiago Dam |
Santiago Creek |
Orange |
Serrano Water District and Irvine Ranch Water District |
1933 |
Earth |
136 |
41 |
25,000 |
31,000 |
Lake Isabella |
Isabella Dam |
Kern River |
Kern |
United States Army Corps of Engineers |
1953 |
Earth |
185 |
56 |
568,000 |
701,000 |
Lake Jennings |
Chet Harritt Dam |
Quail Canyon Creek |
San Diego |
Helix Water District |
1962 |
Earth |
200 |
61 |
9,790 |
12,080 |
Lake Kaweah |
Terminus Dam |
Kaweah River |
Tulare |
United States Army Corps of Engineers |
1962 |
Earth |
255 |
78 |
143,000 |
176,000 |
Lake Lagunitas |
Lagunitas Dam |
Lagunitas Creek |
Marin |
Marin Municipal Water District |
1872 |
Earth |
48 |
15 |
341 |
421 |
Lake Loveland |
Loveland Dam |
Sweetwater River |
San Diego |
South Bay Irrigation District |
1945 |
Variable radius arch |
203 |
62 |
25,400 |
31,300 |
Lake Mathews |
Mathews Dam |
Cajalco Creek tributary |
Riverside |
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California |
1938 |
Earth |
264 |
80 |
182,000 |
224,000 |
Lake McClure |
New Exchequer Dam |
Merced River |
Mariposa |
Merced Irrigation District |
1967 |
Rock-fill |
479 |
146 |
1,032,000 |
1,273,000 |
Lake Mendocino |
Coyote Valley Dam |
Russian River, East Fork |
Mendocino |
United States Army Corps of Engineers |
1959 |
Earth |
164 |
50 |
122,400 |
151,000 |
Lake Nacimiento |
Nacimiento Dam |
Nacimiento River |
San Luis Obispo |
Monterey County Water Authority |
1961 |
Rock-fill |
210 |
64 |
350,000 |
432,000 |
Lake Natoma |
Nimbus Dam |
American River |
Sacramento |
United States Bureau of Reclamation |
1955 |
Gravity |
47 |
14 |
8,760 |
10,810 |
Lake Oroville |
Oroville Dam[9] |
Feather River |
Butte |
California Department of Water Resources |
1968 |
Earth |
742 |
226 |
3,537,577 |
4,363,530 |
Lake Palmdale |
Harold Reservoir Dam |
Antelope Valley tributary |
Los Angeles |
Palmdale Water District |
1891 |
Earth |
30 |
9 |
3,870 |
4,774 |
Lake Perris |
Perris Dam |
Bernasconi Pass |
Riverside |
California Department of Water Resources |
1973 |
Earth |
130 |
40 |
131,452 |
162,143 |
Lake Pillsbury |
Scott Dam |
Eel River |
Lake |
Pacific Gas and Electric Company |
1921 |
Gravity |
138 |
42 |
73,000 |
90,000 |
Lake Piru |
Santa Felicia Dam |
Piru Creek |
Ventura |
United Water Conservation District |
1955 |
Earth |
213 |
65 |
100,000 |
123,000 |
Lake Ramona |
Ramona Dam |
Green Valley Road Creek |
San Diego |
Ramona Municipal Water District |
1988 |
Earth |
228 |
69 |
12,200 |
15,000 |
Lake Sabrina |
Sabrina Dam |
Bishop Creek, Middle Fork |
Inyo |
Southern California Edison |
1908 |
Rock-fill |
70 |
21 |
8,376 |
10,332 |
Lake San Antonio |
San Antonio Dam |
San Antonio River |
Monterey |
Monterey County Water Authority |
1965 |
Earth |
202 |
62 |
350,000 |
432,000 |
Lake Shasta |
Shasta Dam |
Sacramento River |
Shasta |
United States Bureau of Reclamation |
1945 |
Gravity |
521 |
159 |
4,552,200 |
5,615,000 |
Lake Shastina |
Shasta River Dam |
Shasta River |
Siskiyou |
Montague Water Conservation District |
1928 |
Hydraulic fill |
96 |
29 |
50,000 |
60,000 |
Lake Sherwood |
Lake Sherwood Dam |
Potrero Valley Creek |
Ventura |
Sherwood Development Company |
1904 |
Constant radius arch |
45 |
14 |
2,600 |
3,200 |
Lake Siskiyou |
Box Canyon Dam |
Sacramento River |
Siskiyou |
Siskiyou County Flood Control & Water Conservation District |
1969 |
Gravity |
204 |
62 |
26,000 |
32,000 |
Lake Sonoma |
Warm Springs Dam |
Dry Creek |
Sonoma |
United States Army Corps of Engineers |
1982 |
Earth |
319 |
97 |
381,000 |
470,000 |
Lake Spaulding |
Lake Spaulding Dam |
Yuba River, South Fork |
Nevada |
Pacific Gas and Electric Company |
1913 |
Variable radius arch |
275 |
84 |
74,773 |
92,231 |
Lake Success |
Success Dam |
Tule River |
Tulare |
United States Army Corps of Engineers |
1961 |
Earth |
142 |
43 |
82,300 |
101,500 |
Lake Tahoe |
Lake Tahoe Dam |
Truckee River |
Placer |
United States Bureau of Reclamation |
1913 |
Gravity |
14 |
4 |
732,000[10] |
903,000 |
Lake Thomas A Edison |
Vermilion Valley Dam |
Mono Creek |
Fresno |
Southern California Edison |
1954 |
Earth |
167 |
51 |
125,000 |
154,000 |
Lake Van Arsdale |
Van Arsdale Dam |
South Eel River |
Mendicino |
Pacific Gas and Electric Company |
1907 |
Gravity |
96 |
29 |
700 |
860 |
Lake Wishon |
Wishon Dam |
Kings River, North Fork |
Fresno |
Pacific Gas and Electric Company |
1958 |
Rock-fill |
265 |
81 |
118,000 |
146,000 |
Lake Yosemite |
Lake Yosemite Dam |
Merced River tributary |
Merced |
Merced Irrigation District |
1888 |
Earth |
53 |
16 |
8,101 |
9,992 |
Lewiston Lake |
Lewiston Dam |
Trinity River |
Trinity |
United States Bureau of Reclamation |
1963 |
Earth |
35.5 |
10.8 |
14,660 |
18,080 |
Lexington Reservoir |
James J. Lenihan Dam |
Los Gatos Creek |
Santa Clara |
Santa Clara Valley Water District |
1953 |
Earth |
208 |
63 |
19,044 |
23,490 |
Little Grass Valley Reservoir |
Little Grass Valley Dam |
South Fork Feather River |
Plumas |
South Feather Water and Power Agency |
1961 |
Rock-fill |
210 |
64 |
93,010 |
114,730 |
Little Rock Reservoir |
Little Rock Dam |
Little Rock Creek |
Los Angeles |
Little Rock Creek Irrigation District |
1924 |
Gravity |
124 |
38 |
4,600 |
5,700 |
Loch Lomond (California) |
Newell Creek Dam |
Newell Creek |
Santa Cruz |
San Lorenzo Valley Water District |
1960 |
Earth |
190 |
58 |
9,200 |
11,300 |
Loon Lake |
Loon Lake Dam |
Gerle Creek |
El Dorado |
Sacramento Municipal Utility District |
1963 |
Rock-fill |
108 |
33 |
76,500 |
94,500 |
Lopez Lake |
Lopez Dam |
Arroyo Grande Creek |
San Luis Obispo |
San Luis Obispo County Flood Control and Water Conservation District |
1969 |
Earth |
166 |
51 |
52,500 |
64,800 |
Los Vaqueros Reservoir |
Los Vaqueros Dam |
Kellogg Creek |
Contra Costa |
Contra Costa County Water District |
1997 |
Earth |
231 |
70 |
160,000 |
200,000 |
Lower Bear River Reservoir |
Lower Bear River Dam |
Bear River, Lower |
Amador |
Pacific Gas and Electric Company |
1952 |
Rock-fill |
253 |
77 |
48,750 |
60,130 |
Lower Hell Hole Reservoir |
Lower Hell Hole Dam |
Rubicon River |
Placer |
Placer County Water Authority |
1966 |
Rock-fill |
410 |
125 |
208,400 |
257,100 |
Lower Otay Reservoir |
Savage Dam |
Otay River |
San Diego |
City of San Diego |
1919 |
Gravity |
149 |
45 |
49,510 |
61,070 |
Lyons Reservoir |
Lyons Dam |
Stanislaus River, South Fork |
Tuolumne |
Pacific Gas and Electric Company |
1930 |
Arch dam |
132 |
40 |
6,400 |
7,894 |
Malibu Reservoir |
Rindge Dam |
Malibu Creek |
Los Angeles |
California Department of Parks and Recreation |
1924 |
Arch |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Mammoth Pool Reservoir |
Mammoth Pool Dam |
San Joaquin River |
Fresno and Madera |
Southern California Edison |
1960 |
Earth |
406 |
124 |
123,000 |
152,000 |
Martis Creek Lake |
Martis Creek Dam |
Martis Creek |
Nevada |
United States Army Corps of Engineers |
1972 |
Earth |
113 |
34 |
20,400 |
25,200 |
McCloud Reservoir |
McCloud Dam |
McCloud River |
Shasta |
Pacific Gas and Electric Company |
1965 |
Earth and rock |
240 |
73 |
35,300 |
43,500 |
McKay's Point Reservoir |
McKay's Point Diversion Dam |
Stanislaus River, North Fork |
Calaveras |
Calaveras County Water District |
1989 |
Constant radius arch |
233 |
71 |
2,100 |
2,600 |
Millerton Lake |
Friant Dam |
San Joaquin River |
Fresno and Madera |
United States Bureau of Reclamation |
1942 |
Gravity |
299 |
91 |
520,500 |
642,000 |
Mittry Lake |
Laguna Diversion Dam |
Colorado River |
Imperial |
United States Bureau of Reclamation |
1909 |
Earth and rock |
10 |
3 |
1,950 |
2,410 |
Modesto Reservoir |
Modesto Reservoir Dam |
Tuolumne River tributary |
Stanislaus |
Modesto Irrigation District |
1911 |
Earth |
36 |
9 |
29,000 |
36,000 |
Mojave River Forks Reservoir |
Mojave Forks Dam |
Mojave River, West Fork |
San Bernardino |
United States Army Corps of Engineers |
1971 |
Earth |
204 |
62 |
89,700 |
110,600 |
Moon Lake |
Tule Lake Dam |
Cedar Creek |
Lassen |
John Hancock Mutual Insurance Company |
1904 |
Earth |
16 |
5 |
39,500 |
48,700 |
Morena Reservoir |
Morena Dam |
Cottonwood Creek |
San Diego |
City of San Diego |
1912 |
Rock-fill |
181 |
55 |
50,206 |
61,929 |
Morris Reservoir |
Morris Dam |
San Gabriel River |
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles County Department of Public Works |
1935 |
Gravity |
245 |
75 |
27,500 |
33,900 |
Mountain Meadows Reservoir |
Indian Ole Dam |
Hamilton Creek |
Lassen |
Pacific Gas and Electric Company |
1929 |
Flashboard and buttress |
26 |
8 |
24,800 |
30,600 |
New Bullards Bar Reservoir |
New Bullards Bar Dam |
Yuba River, North Fork |
Yuba |
Yuba County Water Authority |
1970 |
Variable radius arch |
635 |
194 |
969,600 |
1,196,000 |
New Hogan Lake |
New Hogan Dam |
Calaveras River |
Calaveras |
United States Army Corps of Engineers |
1963 |
Earth |
210 |
64 |
317,000 |
391,000 |
New Lake |
New Lake Dam |
Little Bear Creek |
San Bernardino |
San Bernardino County |
1976 |
Earth |
225 |
69 |
1,970 |
2,430 |
New Melones Lake |
New Melones Dam |
Stanislaus River |
Calaveras |
United States Bureau of Reclamation |
1979 |
Rock-fill |
578 |
176 |
2,400,000 |
2,960,000 |
New Spicer Meadow Reservoir |
New Spicer Meadow Dam |
Highland Creek |
Tuolumne and Alpine |
Calaveras County Water District |
1989 |
Rock-fill |
262 |
80 |
189,000 |
233,000 |
Nicasio Reservoir |
Seeger Dam |
Nicasio Creek |
Marin |
Marin Municipal Water District |
1961 |
Earth |
115 |
35 |
22,400 |
27,600 |
O'Neill Forebay |
O'Neill Dam |
San Luis Creek |
Merced |
United States Bureau of Reclamation |
1967 |
Earth |
64 |
20 |
56,400 |
69,600 |
Olivenhain Reservoir |
Olivenhain Dam |
Escondido Creek tributary |
San Diego |
San Diego County Water Authority |
2003 |
Gravity |
309 |
94 |
24,900 |
30,700 |
Pacheco Lake |
North Fork Dam |
Pacheco Creek |
Santa Clara |
Pacheco Pass Water District |
1939 |
Earth |
100 |
30 |
6,150 |
7,590 |
Pacoima Reservoir |
Pacoima Dam |
Pacoima Creek |
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles County Department of Public Works |
1929 |
Variable radius arch |
365 |
111 |
3,777 |
4,659 |
none (Palo Verde Valley Irrigation District) |
Palo Verde Diversion Dam |
Colorado River |
Riverside |
United States Bureau of Reclamation |
1957 |
Earth and rock |
46 |
14 |
? |
? |
Pardee Reservoir |
Pardee Dam |
Mokelumne River |
Amador and Calaveras |
East Bay Municipal Utility District |
1929 |
Gravity |
345 |
105 |
179,950 |
221,960 |
Pine Flat Lake |
Pine Flat Dam |
Kings River |
Fresno |
United States Army Corps of Engineers |
1954 |
Gravity |
440 |
134 |
1,000,000 |
1,230,000 |
Pinecrest Lake |
Main Strawberry Dam |
Stanislaus River, South Fork |
Tuolumne |
Pacific Gas and Electric Company |
1916 |
Rock-fill |
143 |
44 |
18,312 |
22,588 |
Pit Six Reservoir |
Pit 6 Dam |
Pit River |
Shasta |
Pacific Gas and Electric Company |
1965 |
Gravity |
172 |
52 |
15,700 |
19,400 |
Pit 7 Reservoir |
Pit 7 Dam |
Pit River |
Shasta |
Pacific Gas and Electric Company |
1965 |
Gravity |
230 |
70 |
34,000 |
42,000 |
Poe Reservoir |
Poe Dam |
North Fork Feather River |
Butte |
Pacific Gas and Electric Company |
1959 |
Diversion |
62 |
19 |
1,150 |
1,418 |
Prado Reservoir |
Prado Dam |
Santa Ana River |
Riverside and San Bernardino |
United States Army Corps of Engineers |
1941 |
Rock-fill |
106 |
32 |
314,400 |
387,800 |
Prosser Creek Reservoir |
Prosser Creek Dam |
Prosser Creek |
Nevada |
United States Bureau of Reclamation |
1962 |
Earth |
133 |
41 |
29,800 |
36,800 |
Puddingstone Reservoir |
Puddingstone Dam |
Walnut Creek |
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles County Department of Public Works |
1928 |
Earth |
147 |
45 |
16,342 |
20,158 |
Pyramid Lake |
Pyramid Dam |
Piru Creek |
Los Angeles |
California Department of Water Resources |
1973 |
Earth and rock |
386 |
118 |
180,000 |
222,000 |
Redinger Lake |
Big Creek 7 Dam |
San Joaquin River |
Fresno |
Southern California Edison |
1951 |
Gravity |
233 |
71 |
35,000 |
43,000 |
Rollins Reservoir |
Rollins Dam |
Bear River |
Nevada |
Nevada Irrigation District |
1965 |
Earth and rock |
242 |
74 |
66,000 |
81,000 |
Ruth Reservoir |
Robert W. Matthews Dam |
Mad River |
Trinity |
Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District |
1962 |
Earth |
150 |
46 |
51,800 |
63,900 |
Salt Spring Valley Reservoir |
Salt Springs Valley Dam |
Rock Creek |
Calaveras |
Rock Creek Water District |
1882 |
Earth |
47 |
14 |
10,900 |
13,400 |
Salt Springs Reservoir |
Salt Springs Dam |
Mokelumne River, North Fork |
Amador and Calaveras |
Pacific Gas and Electric Company |
1931 |
Rock-fill |
332 |
101 |
141,900 |
175,000 |
San Andreas Lake |
San Andreas Dam |
San Mateo Creek tributary |
San Mateo |
City and County of San Francisco |
1870 |
Earth |
107 |
33 |
19,027 |
23,470 |
San Antonio Reservoir |
James H. Turner Dam |
San Antonio Creek |
Alameda |
City and County of San Francisco |
1964 |
Earth |
193 |
59 |
50,500 |
62,300 |
San Antonio Reservoir |
San Antonio Dam |
San Antonio Creek |
San Bernardino |
United States Army Corps of Engineers |
1956 |
Earth |
160 |
49 |
7,582 |
9,352 |
San Gabriel Reservoir |
San Gabriel Dam No. 1 |
San Gabriel River |
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles County Department of Public Works |
1938 |
Earth and rock |
320 |
98 |
44,183 |
54,499 |
San Joaquin Reservoir |
San Joaquin Reservoir Dam |
Bonita Creek tributary |
Orange |
Irvine Ranch Water District |
1966 |
Earth |
224 |
68 |
3,036 |
3,745 |
San Luis Reservoir |
B.F. Sisk Dam (AKA San Luis Dam) |
San Luis Creek |
Merced |
United States Bureau of Reclamation |
1967 |
Earth |
305 |
93 |
2,041,000 |
2,518,000 |
San Pablo Reservoir |
San Pablo Dam |
San Pablo Creek |
Contra Costa |
East Bay Municipal Utility District |
1920 |
Earth |
170 |
52 |
43,193 |
53,278 |
San Vicente Reservoir |
San Vicente Dam |
San Vicente Creek |
San Diego |
City of San Diego |
1943 |
Gravity |
203 |
62 |
90,230 |
111,300 |
Santa Anita Reservoir |
Big Santa Anita Dam |
Rio Hondo tributary |
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles County Department of Public Works |
1927 |
Variable radius arch |
225 |
69 |
858 |
1,058 |
Santa Fe Reservoir |
Santa Fe Dam |
San Gabriel River |
Los Angeles |
United States Army Corps of Engineers |
1947 |
Earth |
92 |
28 |
30,887 |
38,098 |
Santa Margarita Lake |
Salinas Dam |
Salinas River |
San Luis Obispo |
United States Army Corps of Engineers |
1942 |
Variable radius arch |
135 |
41 |
26,000 |
32,000 |
Santa Rosa Creek Reservoir |
Santa Rosa Creek Dam |
Santa Rosa Creek tributary |
Sonoma |
Sonoma County Water Agency |
1963 |
Earth |
37 |
11 |
3,550 |
4,379 |
Scotts Flat Reservoir |
Scotts Flat Dam |
Deer Creek |
Nevada County |
Nevada Irrigation District |
1948 |
Earth |
175 |
53 |
49,000 |
60,000 |
Searsville Lake |
Searsville Dam |
Corte Madera Creek |
San Mateo County |
Stanford University |
1890 |
Gravity |
68 |
21 |
952 |
1,170 |
Sepulveda Flood Control Basin |
Sepulveda Dam |
Los Angeles River |
Los Angeles |
United States Army Corps of Engineers |
1941 |
Earth |
57 |
17 |
17,425 |
21,493 |
Seven Oaks Reservoir |
Seven Oaks Dam |
Santa Ana River |
San Bernardino |
United States Army Corps of Engineers |
1999 |
Rock-fill |
550 |
168 |
145,600 |
179,600 |
Shaver Lake |
Shaver Lake Dam |
Stevenson Creek |
Fresno |
Southern California Edison |
1927 |
Gravity |
180 |
55 |
135,283 |
166,869 |
? |
Sierra Madre Dam |
Santa Anita Creek |
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles County Department of Public Works |
1928 |
Constant radius arch |
69 |
21 |
51 |
63 |
Silver Lake Reservoir |
Silver Lake Reservoir Dam |
off-stream reservoir |
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power |
1907 |
Earth |
? |
? |
2,400 |
3,000 |
Silverwood Lake |
Cedar Springs Dam |
Mojave River, West Fork |
San Bernardino |
California Department of Water Resources |
1971 |
Earth and rock |
236 |
72 |
73,000 |
90,050 |
Skinner Reservoir |
Skinner Clearwell Dam |
off-stream reservoir |
Riverside |
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California |
1973/1991 |
Earth |
44 |
13 |
44,200 |
54,400 |
Slab Creek Reservoir |
Slab Creek Dam |
American River, South Fork |
El Dorado |
Sacramento Municipal Utility District |
1967 |
Variable radius arch |
233 |
71 |
16,600 |
20,500 |
Sly Creek Reservoir |
Sly Creek Dam |
Lost Creek |
Butte |
Oroville-Wyandotte Irrigation District |
1961 |
Earth |
271 |
83 |
65,050 |
80,240 |
Spring Creek Reservoir |
Spring Creek Dam |
Spring Creek |
Shasta |
United States Bureau of Reclamation |
1963 |
Earth |
184 |
56 |
5,874 |
7,246 |
Stampede Reservoir |
Stampede Dam |
Little Truckee River |
Sierra |
United States Bureau of Reclamation |
1970 |
Earth |
226 |
69 |
226,500 |
279,400 |
Stevens Creek Reservoir |
Stevens Creek Dam |
Stevens Creek |
Santa Clara |
Santa Clara Valley Water District |
1935 |
Earth |
129 |
39 |
3,452 |
4,258 |
Stony Gorge Reservoir |
Stony Gorge Dam |
Stony Creek |
Glenn |
United States Bureau of Reclamation |
1928 |
Gravity |
119 |
36 |
50,350 |
62,100 |
Sugar Pine Reservoir |
Sugar Pine Dam |
North Shirttail Creek |
Placer |
Foresthill Public Utility District |
1981 |
Earth |
251 |
77 |
6,916 |
8,531 |
Sulphur Creek Reservoir |
Sulphur Creek Dam |
Sulphur Creek |
Orange |
Orange County |
1966 |
Earth |
42 |
13 |
520 |
641 |
Sweetwater Reservoir |
Sweetwater Dam |
Sweetwater River |
San Diego |
Sweetwater Authority |
1888 |
Gravity-arch type |
108 |
88 |
28,079 |
34,635 |
Thermalito Afterbay |
Thermalito Afterbay Dam |
Feather River tributary |
Butte |
California Department of Water Resources |
1967 |
Earth |
38 |
12 |
57,041 |
70,359 |
Tinemaha Reservoir |
Tinemaha Dam |
Owens River |
Inyo |
City of Los Angeles |
1928 |
Earth |
32 |
10 |
16,405 |
20,235 |
Topaz Lake[11] |
Topaz Dam |
West Walker River |
Mono |
Walker River Irrigation District |
1922 |
Earth |
122 |
37 |
126,000 |
155,000 |
Trinity Lake |
Trinity Dam |
Trinity River |
Trinity |
United States Bureau of Reclamation |
1962 |
Earth |
457 |
139 |
2,447,650 |
3,019,130 |
Tulloch Reservoir |
Tulloch Dam |
Stanislaus River |
Calaveras |
Oakdale & South San Joaquin Irrigation Districts |
1958 |
Gravity |
205 |
62 |
68,400 |
84,400 |
Turlock Lake |
Turlock Lake Dam |
Tuolumne River tributary |
Stanislaus |
Turlock Irrigation District |
1915 |
Hydraulic fill |
36 |
9 |
45,600 |
56,200 |
Twain Harte Lake |
Twain Harte Dam |
Sullivan Creek |
Tuolumne |
Twain Harte Lake Association |
1928 |
Multiple arch dam |
36 |
11 |
143 |
176 |
Twitchell Reservoir |
Twitchell Dam |
Cuyama River |
San Luis Obispo |
United States Bureau of Reclamation |
1958 |
Earth |
211 |
64 |
240,000 |
296,035 |
Union Valley Reservoir |
Union Valley Dam |
Silver Creek |
El Dorado |
Sacramento Municipal Utility District |
1963 |
Earth and rock |
453 |
138 |
230,000 |
284,000 |
? |
Jamestown Mines Tailings Dam |
Woods Creek tributary |
Tuolumne |
Tuolumne County |
1994 |
Rock-fill |
200 |
61 |
12,100 |
14,900 |
Uvas Reservoir |
Uvas Dam |
Uvas Creek |
Santa Clara |
Santa Clara Valley Water District |
1957 |
Earth and rock |
105 |
32 |
9,935 |
12,255 |
Vail Lake |
Vail Dam |
Temecula Creek |
Riverside |
Rancho California Water District |
1949 |
Variable radius arch |
152 |
46 |
50,000 |
61,500 |
? |
Villa Park Dam |
Santiago Creek |
Orange |
Orange County |
1963 |
Earth |
118 |
36 |
15,600 |
19,200 |
West Valley Reservoir |
West Valley Dam |
West Valley Creek |
Modoc |
South Fork Irrigation District |
1936 |
Earth and rock |
65 |
20 |
23,000 |
28,000 |
Whale Rock Reservoir |
Whale Rock Dam |
Old Creek |
San Luis Obispo |
Whale Rock Commission |
1960 |
Earth |
193 |
59 |
40,662 |
50,156 |
Whiskeytown Lake |
Whiskeytown Dam |
Clear Creek |
Shasta |
United States Bureau of Reclamation |
1963 |
Earth |
263 |
80 |
241,100 |
297,400 |
Whittier Narrows Reservoir |
Whittier Narrows Dam |
San Gabriel River |
Los Angeles |
United States Army Corps of Engineers |
1957 |
Earth |
56 |
17 |
67,060 |
82,720 |
Woodward Reservoir |
Woodward Dam |
Simmons Creek |
Stanislaus |
South San Joaquin Irrigation District |
1918 |
Hydraulic fill |
65 |
20 |
35,000 |
43,000 |