List of largest reservoirs of California

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Map of California's interconnected water system, including all eleven reservoirs over 1,000,000 acre-feet (1.2 km3) as well as selected smaller ones.

This is a list of the largest reservoirs, or man-made lakes, in the U.S. state of California. All thirty-six reservoirs that contain over 200,000 acre-feet (0.25 km3) of water at maximum capacity are listed. This includes those formed by raising the level of natural lakes, such as at Lake Tahoe. Most large reservoirs in California are owned by the federal Bureau of Reclamation and to a lesser extent the Army Corps of Engineers, many serving the Central Valley Project or State Water Project. Smaller ones are often run by county water agencies or irrigation and flood control districts.

The state has more than one thousand major reservoirs, of which the largest two hundred have a combined capacity of over 41,000,000 acre-feet (51 km3).[1] Most large reservoirs in California are located in the central and northern portions of the state, especially along the large and flood-prone rivers of the Central Valley. Eleven reservoirs have a storage capacity greater than or equal to 1,000,000 acre-feet (1.2 km3); all of these except one are in or on drainages that feed into the Central Valley. The largest single reservoir in California is Shasta Lake, with a full volume of more than 4,552,000 acre-feet (5.615 km3).

Key
dagger denotes reservoir not entirely in California
double-dagger denotes reservoir that is offstream or receives most of its water from a source not associated with its feeder stream(s).

List

Name County(s) Coordinates Volume[n 1] (acre-feet) Volume (km3) Outflow[2][n 2] Dam[n 3] Image
Shasta Lake Shasta Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[3] 4,552,000[4] 5.615 Sacramento River Shasta Dam Lake shasta.triddle.jpg
Lake Oroville Butte Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[5] 3,537,577[6] 4.364 Feather River Oroville Dam New Bidwell Bar Bridge Oroville CA.jpg
Trinity Lake Trinity Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[7] 2,448,000[8] 3.020 Trinity River Trinity Dam Trinity dam us bor.jpg
New Melones Lake Tuolumne,
Calaveras		 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[9] 2,400,000[10] 2.960 Stanislaus River New Melones Dam 130px
San Luis Reservoir Merced Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[11] 2,041,000[12] 2.518 San Luis Creekdouble-dagger[n 4] San Luis Dam SanLuis-2.jpg
Don Pedro Reservoir Tuolumne Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[13] 2,030,000[14] 2.504 Tuolumne River New Don Pedro Dam 130px
Lake Berryessa Napa Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[15] 1,602,000[16] 1.976 Putah Creek Monticello Dam 130px
Lake Almanor Plumas Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[17] 1,308,000[18] 1.613 North Feather River Canyon Dam LakeAlmanor2.jpg
Folsom Lake Sacramento Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[19] 1,120,200[20] 1.382 American River Folsom Dam 130px
Lake McClure Mariposa Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[21] 1,024,600[22] 1.264 Merced River New Exchequer Dam 130px
Pine Flat Lake Fresno Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[23] 1,000,000[24] 1.233 Kings River Pine Flat Dam 130px
New Bullards Bar Reservoir Yuba Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[25] 996,103[26] 1.229 North Yuba River New Bullards Bar Dam 130px
Diamond Valley Lake Riverside Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[27] 810,000[28] 0.999 Domenigoni Creekdouble-dagger[n 5] West Dam 130px
Lake Tahoe[n 6] Placer, El Dorado, Douglas (NV)dagger, Washoe (NV)dagger Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[29] 732,000[30] 0.903 Truckee River Lake Tahoe Dam Stateline, Nevada.jpg
Lake Havasu San Bernardino, Mohave (AZ)dagger, La Paz (AZ)dagger Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[31] 646,200[32] 0.797 Colorado River Parker Dam LkHavasu.jpg
Lake Isabella Kern Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[33] 568,000[34] 0.701 Kern River Isabella Dam 130px
Clear Lake Reservoir Modoc Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[35] 527,000[36] 0.650 Lost River Clear Lake Dam
Millerton Lake Fresno, Madera Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[37] 520,500[38] 0.642 San Joaquin River Friant Dam Millerton Lake 1.jpg
Camanche Reservoir San Joaquin, Amador, Calaveras Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[39] 431,000[40] 0.532 Mokelumne River Camanche Dam
Lake Sonoma Sonoma Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[41] 381,000[42] 0.470 Dry Creek Warm Springs Dam Sonoma Lake aerial view.jpg
Lake Nacimiento San Luis Obispo Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[43] 378,480[44] 0.467 Nacimiento River Nacimiento Dam Lake Nacimiento.jpg
Hetch Hetchy Reservoir Tuolumne Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[45] 360,000[46] 0.444 Tuolumne River O'Shaughnessy Dam 130px
Lake San Antonio Monterey Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[47] 335,000[48] 0.413 San Antonio River San Antonio Dam 130px
Castaic Lake Los Angeles Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[49] 323,700[50] 0.399 Castaic Creekdouble-dagger[n 7] Castaic Dam 130px
New Hogan Lake Calaveras Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[51] 317,000[52] 0.391 Calaveras River New Hogan Dam 130px
Prado Flood Control Basin[n 8] Riverside Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[53] 314,400[18] 0.389 Santa Ana River Prado Dam 130px
Clear Lake[n 9] Lake Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[54] 313,000[55] 0.386 Cache Creek Cache Creek Dam 130px
Indian Valley Reservoir Lake Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[56] 300,600[57] 0.371 North Fork Cache Creek Indian Valley Dam 130px
Cherry Lake Tuolumne Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[58] 274,300[59] 0.338 Cherry Creek Cherry Valley Dam Cherry Lake Stanislaus National Forest.jpg
Lake Casitas Ventura Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[60] 254,000[61] 0.313 Coyote Creekdouble-dagger[n 10] Casitas Dam 130px
Whiskeytown Lake Shasta Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[62] 241,100[4] 0.297 Clear Creekdouble-dagger[n 11] Whiskeytown Dam 130px
Union Valley Reservoir El Dorado Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[63] 230,000[18] 0.284 Silver Creekdouble-dagger[n 12] Union Valley Dam
Stampede Reservoir Sierra Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[64] 226,500[65] 0.279 Little Truckee River Stampede Dam Stampede Dam.jpeg
Twitchell Reservoir Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[66] 224,300[67] 0.277 Cuyama River Twitchell Dam 130px
Pardee Reservoir Amador, Calaveras Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[68] 209,950[69] 0.259 Mokelumne River Pardee Dam
Hell Hole Reservoir Placer Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[70] 208,400[71] 0.257 Rubicon River Hell Hole Dam 130px
Lake Cachuma Santa Barbara Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[72] 205,000[73] 0.253 Santa Ynez River Bradbury Dam Aerial-LakeCachumaEastEnd.jpg

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Volume given is the maximum flood pool, not the operational or live storage capacity.
  2. ↑ Not always applicable to off-stream reservoirs.
  3. ↑ In the case of reservoirs with more than one main dam holding it back (e.g. Diamond Valley Lake), the name of the highest one will be given (in this case, the West Dam).
  4. ↑ San Luis Reservoir receives most of its water from the California Aqueduct.
  5. ↑ Diamond Valley Lake is the terminus of the Inland Feeder, part of the California State Water Project, and is also fed by the San Diego Aqueduct.
  6. ↑ This lake is natural, but was raised about 10 feet (3.0 m) by Lake Tahoe Dam, built in 1913.
  7. ↑ Castaic Lake receives most of its water from the West Branch California Aqueduct.
  8. ↑ The reservoir behind Prado Dam is usually empty or close to empty because its primary purpose is flood control. Typical wet season storage is only about 20,000 to 45,000 acre-feet (0.025 to 0.056 km3).
  9. ↑ Clear Lake is a natural lake raised by Cache Creek Dam.
  10. ↑ Lake Casitas is fed by Coyote Creek and water diverted from the Ventura River, which Coyote Creek later flows into.
  11. ↑ Clear Creek provides a significant portion of the reservoir inflow, but more water enters via the Clear Creek Tunnel, which diverts water from the Trinity River.
  12. ↑ Most of the water supplying the reservoir is diverted from the Middle Fork American River through penstocks for power generation.

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