Pyramid Dam

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earthfill dam embankment dam

Pyramid Dam is a major earthfill dam in Southern California that forms Pyramid Lake on Piru Creek, serving water storage, flood control, and recreation purposes as part of the State Water Project.

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Pyramid Dam canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf earthfill dam ⓘ
embankment dam ⓘ
basinCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
constructionBegan 1968 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
floodControlFunction attenuates peak flows on Piru Creek ⓘ
formsBodyOfWater Pyramid Lake ⓘ
hasAccessRoad Interstate 5 ⓘ
hasRecreationalActivity boating ⓘ
camping ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
swimming ⓘ
height approximately 137 meters ⓘ
approximately 450 feet ⓘ
length approximately 1,080 meters ⓘ
approximately 3,540 feet ⓘ
locatedIn Angeles National Forest ⓘ
Los Angeles County ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles County, California

Southern California ⓘ
locatedInMountainRange Sierra Pelona Mountains ⓘ
locatedNear Castaic, California ⓘ
Interstate 5 ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Los Angeles ⓘ
locatedOnWatercourse Piru Creek ⓘ
managesWaterFor agricultural water supply ⓘ
urban water supply ⓘ
material earthfill ⓘ
rockfill ⓘ
namedAfter Pyramid Rock formation ⓘ
nearbyCity Castaic, California ⓘ
Gorman, California ⓘ
opened 1973 ⓘ
operator California Department of Water Resources ⓘ
ownedBy California, United States ⓘ
surface form: State of California
partOf State Water Project ⓘ
surface form: California State Water Project

California Aqueduct ⓘ
surface form: West Branch of the California Aqueduct
purpose flood control ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
water storage ⓘ
regionServed Southern California ⓘ
reservoirCapacity approximately 180,000 acre-feet ⓘ
reservoirName Pyramid Lake ⓘ
reservoirRecreationManagedBy U.S. Forest Service ⓘ
surface form: United States Forest Service
reservoirSurfaceElevation approximately 2,578 feet ⓘ
reservoirUse regulating storage for State Water Project deliveries ⓘ
riverSystem Santa Clara River watershed ⓘ
spillwayType gated overflow spillway ⓘ

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