List of dams and reservoirs in California explained

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

Reservoir	Dam	River	County	Owner	Completed	Type	Height of dam		Reservoir capacity
							(ft)	(m)	(acre ft)	(1,000 m^3)
					1935		108feet	1,586	1,956
					1917		143feet	8,892	10,968
					1950		235feet	91,280	112,590
					1965		120feet	22,566	27,835
		Balsam Creek, West Fork			1986		127feet	2,040	2,500
Barker Reservoir					1949	?	15feet	290	?
Barrett Lake		Cottonwood Creek			1923		171feet	34,206	42,192
		Willow Creek, North Fork			1910		145feet	45,410	56,010
					1896		61feet	672	829
					1900		83feet	6,818	8,410
		Stanislaus River, Middle Fork			1957		278feet	70,600	87,000
		Italian Slough tributary			1961		95feet	5,250	6,480
					1911		80feet	74,000	91,000
					1948		50feet	30,200	37,300
					1921		49feet	77,000	95,000
					1931		208feet	5,750	7,090
					1963		156feet	143,700	177,300
					1939		93feet	41,110	50,720
					1949		98feet	4,300	5,300
					1934		190feet	36,505	45,028
					1927		175feet	64,000	79,000<	--	-						1942		87feet	4,009	4945 -->
					1924		63feet	44,100	54,400
					1964		273feet	67,520	83,280
					1970		213feet	1,530	1,890
					1928		122feet	103,000	127,000
					1924		106feet	49,800	61,400
					1890		20feet	205,000	253,000
					1925		210feet	30,000 (restricted due to seismic hazard)	37,000
					1935		90feet	9,850	12,100
					1963		171feet	417,120	514,510
					1963		185feet	104,500	128,900
					1928		94feet	11,900	14,600
		Silver Fork tributary			1922		71feet	21,580	26,620
					1961		99feet	6,615	8,160
					1973		340feet	323,700	399,300
					1928		28feet	30	37
					1956		315feet	273,500	337,400
					1955		95feet	8,952	11,042
					1914		30feet	1,155,000	1,425,000
					1910		32feet	451,000	556,000
		Old River tributary			1970		34feet	29,000	36,000
		San Gabriel River, West Fork			1935		266feet	8,969	11,063
					1963		152feet	57,000	70,000
					1922		132feet	77,000	95,000
					1958		315feet	123,300	151,700
					1936		138feet	22,925	28,278
					1941		126feet	183,465	226,300
					1888		149feet	57,910	71,430
					1999		284feet	800,000	987,000
					1893		63feet	10,000	12,000
					1971		568feet	2,030,000	2,504,000
		Stanislaus River, Middle Fork			1958		291feet	56,893	70,176
					1927	Slab and buttress	16feet	10,300	12,700<	--							1930		28feet	11,100	13,700 -->
		Pope Creek tributary			1940		30feet	242	299
					1910		92feet^[1]	51,000	63,000
					1975		192feet	150,000	185,000
					1937		63feet	721	889
					1934		237feet	112,800	139,100
					1974		179feet	28,400	35,000
					1941		280feet	70,000	86,000
					1934		12feet	6,800	8,400
					1951		58feet	52,000	64,000
		San Joaquin River, South Fork			1926		149feet	64,406	79,444
					1956		275feet	975,000	1,203,000
Foster Lake	Foster Lake Dam	Lily Creek		Idyllwild Water District					55	68
					1859/1948		100feet	55	15,400
		American River, Middle Fork			1965		231feet	111,333	137,327
					1961		129feet	55,477	68,430
Gene Wash Reservoir	Gene Wash Dam
					1920		169feet	9,998	12,332
Grant Lake					1940		87feet	47,525	58,622
					1935		142feet	3,460^[2]	4,270
					1920		?	?	?	?
Hansen Flood-Control Reservoir					1940		97feet	25,446	31,387
					1974		163feet	90,000	111,000
					1962		124feet	18,000	22,000
					1923		312feet^[3]	360,000	444,000
					1924		195feet	4,036	4,978
					1908		51feet	1,410	1,740
	Huntington Dams 1, 2, 3, and 4				1913/1919		?	?	89,166	109,985
					1938		23feet	1,000	1,200
		Cache Creek, North Fork			1976		222feet	300,000	370,000
					1965		210feet	24,300	30,000
					1962		188feet	58,000	72,000
		Manmade			1906		?	?	?	?
		Yuba River, Middle Fork			1965		195feet	52,500	64,800
					1955		182feet	41,000	51,000
					1954		230feet	32,900	40,600
					1950		118feet	23,772	29,345
			Contra Costa County, California			1933	Open-cut			4,296	5,299
					1894		131feet	500	620
		Feather River, North Fork			1927		130	40	1,308,000	1,613,000
		American River, South Fork, Tributary			1923		21	6	5,350	6,600
		Silver Creek			1906		49	15	4,122	5,084
					1965		193	59	22,000	27,000
					1922		190	58	48,000	59,000
					1957		255	78	1,602,000	1,976,000
					1925		120	37	34,600	42,678
					1953		201	61	205,000	253,000
					1982		55feet	2,832	3,493
					1959		279	85	254,000	313,000
					1939		155	47	14,700	18,100
					1966		115	35	83,000	102,000
					1968		222	68	77,100	95,100
		Eleanor Creek			1889		37	11	?	?
					1950^[4]		185	56	6,200	7,650
	Hall Mill Dam	Indian Creek
	Gallaher Dam	Bear Trap Creek			1966
					1938		90	27	2,100	2,600
					1938		75	23	648,000	799,000
				Lake Hemet Municipal Water District	1895	Masonry (arch)	135	41	8,100	9,800
					1946		125	38	31,000	38,000
					1923		123	37.5	53,400	65,700
					1918		131	40	30,250	37,200
					1933		136	41	25,000	31,000
					1953		185	56	568,000	701,000
					1962		200	61	9,790	12,080
					1962		255	78	143,000	176,000
					1872		48	15	341	421
					1945		203	62	25,400	31,300
		Cajalco Creek tributary			1938		264	80	182,000	224,000
					1967		479	146	1,032,000	1,273,000
					1959		164	50	122,400	151,000
Nacimiento Reservoir				Monterey County Water Resources Agency	1958		210	64	377,900	466,133
					1955		47	14	8,760	10,810
	Oroville Dam^[5]				1968		742	226	3,537,577	4,363,530
		Antelope Valley tributary			1891		30	9	3,870	4,774
					1973		130	40	131,452	162,143
					1921		138	42	73,000	90,000
					1955		213	65	100,000	123,000
					1988		228	69	12,200	15,000
		Bishop Creek, Middle Fork			1908		70	21	8,376	10,332
San Antonio Reservoir				Monterey County Water Resources Agency	1965		202	62	335,000	413,216
					1928		96	29	50,000	60,000
					1904		45	14	2,600	3,200
					1969		204	62	26,000	32,000
					1982		319	97	381,000	470,000
		Yuba River, South Fork			1913		275	84	74,773	92,231
					1961		142	43	82,300	101,500
					1913		14	4	732,000	903,000
					1954		167	51	125,000	154,000
					1907		96	29	700	860
		North Fork Kings River			1958		265	81	118,000	146,000
		Merced River tributary			1888		53	16	8,101	9,992
					1963		35.5	10.8	14,660	18,080
					1953		208	63	19,044	23,490
					1961		210	64	93,010	114,730
					1924		124	38	4,600	5,700
	Newell Creek Dam			Santa Cruz Water Dept.^[6]	1960		190feet	9,200	11,300
					1963		108	33	76,500	94,500
					1969		166	51	52,500	64,800
Los Padres Reservoir	Los Padres Dam	Carmel River	Monterey	California American Water Company	1949	Earth	148	45	1,775^[7]	2,189
					2012^[8]		218	70	160,000	200,000
		Bear River, Lower			1952		253	77	48,750	60,130
					1966		410	125	208,400	257,100
					1919		149	45	49,510	61,070
		Stanislaus River, South Fork			1930		132	40	6,400	7,894
					1924		?	?	?	?
					1960		406	124	123,000	152,000
					1972		113	34	20,400	25,200
					1965		240	73	35,300	43,500
		Stanislaus River, North Fork			1989		233	71	2,100	2,600
					1942		299	91	520,500	642,000
					1909		10	3	1,950	2,410
					1930		60	18	554	683
		Tuolumne River tributary			1911		36	9	29,000	36,000
		Mojave River, West Fork			1971		204	62	89,700	110,600
					1904		16	5	39,500	48,700
					1912		181	55	50,206	61,929
					1935		245	75	27,500	33,900
		Hamilton Creek			1929	Flashboard and buttress	26	8	24,800	30,600
		Yuba River, North Fork			1970		635	194	969,600	1,196,000
					1963		210	64	317,000	391,000
					1976		225	69	1,970	2,430
					1979		578	176	2,400,000	2,960,000
					1989		262	80	189,000	233,000
					1961		115	35	22,400	27,600
		Escondido Creek tributary			2003		309	94	24,900	30,700
					1967		64	20	56,400	69,600
					1939		100	30	6,150	7,590
					1929		365	111	3,777	4,659
Palm Canyon Dam Reservoir	Palm Canyon Dam^[9]
none (Palo Verde Valley Irrigation District)					1957		46	14	?	?
					1929		345	105	179,950	221,960
	Pilarcitos Dam				1864
					1954		440	134	1,000,000	1,230,000
		Stanislaus River, South Fork			1916		143	44	18,312	22,588
					1965		172	52	15,700	19,400
					1965		230	70	34,000	42,000
					1959		62	19	1,150	1,418
					1941		106	32	314,400	387,800
					1962		133	41	29,800	36,800
					1928		147	45	16,342	20,158
					1973		386	118	180,000	222,000
					1951		233	71	35,000	43,000
					1965		242	74	66,000	81,000
					1901		?	?	30	39
					1962		150	46	51,800	63,900
					1882		47	14	10,900	13,400
		Mokelumne River, North Fork			1931		332	101	141,900	175,000
		San Mateo Creek tributary			1870		107	33	19,027	23,470
					1964		193	59	50,500	62,300
					1956		160	49	7,582	9,352
	San Gabriel Dam No. 1				1938		320	98	44,183	54,499
		Bonita Creek tributary			1966		224	68	3,036	3,745
	B.F. Sisk Dam (AKA San Luis Dam)				1967		305	93	2,041,000	2,518,000
					1920		170	52	43,193	53,278
					1943		203	62	242,000	298,500
		Rio Hondo tributary			1927		225	69	858	1,058
					1947		92	28	30,887	38,098
					1942		135	41	26,000	32,000
		Santa Rosa Creek tributary			1963		37	11	3,550	4,379
					1948		175	53	49,000	60,000
					1890		68	21	952	1,170
					1941		57	17	17,425	21,493
					1999		550	168	145,600	179,600
					1945		521	159	4,552,200	5,615,000
					1927		180	55	135,283	166,869
?					1928		69	21	51	63
					1907		?	?	2,400	3,000
		Mojave River, West Fork			1971		236	72	73,000	90,050
					1973/1991		44	13	44,200	54,400
		American River, South Fork			1967		233	71	16,600	20,500
					1961		271	83	65,050	80,240
					1963		184	56	5,874	7,246
					1970		226	69	226,500	279,400
					1935		129	39	3,452	4,258
					1928		119	36	50,350	62,100
					1981		251	77	6,916	8,531
					1966		42	13	520	641
					1888		108	88	28,079	34,635
		Feather River tributary			1967		38	12	57,041	70,359
					1928		32	10	16,405	20,235
					1922		122	37	126,000	155,000
					1962		457	139	2,447,650	3,019,130
					1958		205	62	68,400	84,400
		Tuolumne River tributary			1915		36	9	45,600	56,200
		Sullivan Creek		Twain Harte Lake Association	1928		36	11	143	176
					1958		211	64	240,000	296,035
					1963		453	138	230,000	284,000
				Alameda & Contra Costa	East Bay Municipal Utility District	1926/1977		182	55	42,000	52,000
?		Woods Creek tributary			1994		200	61	12,100	14,900
					1957		105	32	9,935	12,255
					1949		152	46	50,000	61,500
					1935		34	10	495	611
?					1963		118	36	15,600	19,200
					1936		65	20	23,000	28,000
					1960		193	59	40,662	50,156
					1963		263	80	241,100	297,400
					1957		56	17	67,060	82,720
					1918		65	20	35,000	43,000

Please add to this list from the below sources.

Former dams

• Baldwin Hills Reservoir (1947–1963) - failed December 14, 1963
• St. Francis Dam (1926–1928) - failed March 12, 1928
• San Clemente Dam - intentionally removed in 2015-2016 because of environmental issues
• Van Norman Dams (1911–1971) - failed February 9, 1971, in 1971 San Fernando earthquake

Proposed dams

• Ah Pah Dam (defunct)
• Auburn Dam (defunct)
• Centennial Dam^[10]
• Sites Reservoir^[11]
• Temperance Flat Dam

See also

• California State Water Project
• List of dam removals in California
• List of lakes in California
• List of largest reservoirs of California
• List of power stations in California
• List of the tallest dams in the United States
• List of United States Bureau of Reclamation dams
• Water in California

Notes and references

References

• Web site: Department of Water Resources Division of Safety of Dams. Listing of Dams . California Data Exchange Center . State of California . 2009 . 2009-04-01.

External links

• California Department of Water Resources, Division of Safety of Dams
• Reservoir Information: California Department of Water Resources, Division of Flood Management
• California Reservoirs Alphabetical Index

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dams Owned and Operated by Federal Agencies. California Department of Water Resources, Division of Safety of Dams. November 5, 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121005023222/http://www.water.ca.gov/damsafety/docs/Federal2010.pdf. October 5, 2012. mdy-all.
2. Web site: Dams Within the Jurisdiction of the State of California (A-G). California Department of Water Resources, Division of Safety of Dams. November 5, 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120309153328/http://www.water.ca.gov/damsafety/docs/Juris(A-G)1.pdf. March 9, 2012. mdy-all.
3. Web site: Dams Within the Jurisdiction of the State of California . State of California . April 6, 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402044424/http://www.water.ca.gov/damsafety/docs/Juris%28N-S%292014.pdf . April 2, 2015 .
4. Web site: Lake Elsman. Find Lakes. February 23, 2012.
5. Web site: Oroville Dam is the tallest earthen embankment dam in the United States. California Department of Water Resources, Division of Engineering. October 20, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20080503201505/http://wwwdoe.water.ca.gov/Services/Design/Civil/. May 3, 2008. dead.
6. http://www.cityofsantacruz.com/departments/water/where-does-our-water-come-from
7. Web site: RFP Los Padres Dam Fish Passage Feasibility Study. March 24, 2016.
8. Web site: Los Vaqueros Project Expansion - Contra Costa Water District, CA. ccwater.com.
9. Web site: Environmental.
10. Web site: Centennial Reservoir. www.centennialreservoir.org. en-US. 2017-11-10.
11. Web site: Sites Reservoir: A long time in coming, a long way to go. March 27, 2014. May 16, 2015.