Strawberry Dam Explained
Strawberry Dam (National ID # CA00388), also known as Main Strawberry Dam,[1] is a dam in Tuolumne County, California.
Background
The rockfill masonry dam was originally constructed in 1916 by the Sierra and San Francisco Power Company, with a height of, and a length of at its crest.[2] It impounds the South Fork Stanislaus River exclusively for hydroelectric power generation, now owned and operated by Pacific Gas and Electric Company as one of the company's more than 170 dams.
Pinecrest Lake
The reservoir it creates, Pinecrest Lake, has a normal water surface of and has a normal capacity of .[3] Recreation includes boating, fishing, camping, and winter sports.[4]
Pinecrest Lake hosts the Pinecrest Recreation Area, part of the Stanislaus National Forest.[5]
Pinecrest Lake was home to Camp Stephens.[6]
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Notes and References
- Web site: Dams Within the Jurisdiction of the State of California (H-M). California Department of Water Resources, Division of Safety of Dams. November 4, 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121005023236/http://www.water.ca.gov/damsafety/docs/Juris%28H-M%292010.pdf. October 5, 2012.
- Web site: Strawberry_Dam. https://web.archive.org/web/20160306150923/http://ce-npdp-serv2.stanford.edu/DamDirectory/DamDetail.jsp?npdp_id=CA00388 . dead . 2016-03-06 .
- Web site: Equipo de Estudios Comunitarios y Acción Psicosocial . Equipo de Estudios Comunitarios y Acción Psicosocial.
- Web site: Pinecrest California. www.calconnect.com.
- Web site: Pinecrest Lake . Stanislaus National Forest . USDA . 2016-02-21.
- Web site: Terry . Brejla . Judith . Marvin . HISTORIC STRUCTURE REPORT . Mt. Diablo Silverado Council . 2019-08-07 . 5 . January 2017 . On the Summit District at Pinecrest Lake, Camp Stephens (now Camp Oski, operated by the California Alumni Association) was opened in 1925 by the Alameda Boy Scouts on a site formerly permitted to the Stockton Lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
