Cherry Valley Dam

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Cherry Valley Dam is a concrete arch dam in Tuolumne County, California, that creates Cherry Lake as part of the Hetch Hetchy water and hydroelectric system serving the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concrete arch dam
dam
completedIn 1956
constructionBegan 1953
constructionMaterial concrete
coordinates 38.047°N 119.886°W
country United States of America
surface form: United States
createsReservoir Cherry Lake NERFINISHED
damType arch dam
hasPowerPlant Cherry hydroelectric facilities
height 315 feet
96 meters
impounds Cherry Creek NERFINISHED
length 244 meters
800 feet
locatedIn California, United States
surface form: California

Stanislaus National Forest NERFINISHED
Tuolumne County, California NERFINISHED
locatedNear Yosemite National Park NERFINISHED
locatedOn Cherry Creek NERFINISHED
openingYear 1956
operator San Francisco Public Utilities Commission NERFINISHED
ownedBy City and County of San Francisco NERFINISHED
partOf Hetch Hetchy Project NERFINISHED
Hetch Hetchy hydroelectric system NERFINISHED
Hetch Hetchy water system NERFINISHED
purpose flood control
hydroelectric power generation
water storage
reservoirCapacity 273,500 acre-feet
reservoirElevation 1,433 meters
4,700 feet
reservoirName Cherry Lake NERFINISHED
reservoirSurfaceArea 1,500 acres
riverBasin Tuolumne River basin NERFINISHED
serves San Francisco Bay Area NERFINISHED
spillwayType overflow spillway
usedFor municipal water supply
recreation at Cherry Lake
watershed Sierra Nevada NERFINISHED

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Cherry Creek impoundedBy Cherry Valley Dam
subject surface form: Cherry Creek (Tuolumne County, California)