New Melones Dam

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New Melones Dam is a large multipurpose reservoir and hydroelectric facility on the Stanislaus River in California, providing water storage, flood control, and power generation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concrete arch dam
hydroelectric facility
multipurpose dam
basinCountry United States of America
surface form: "United States"
completedIn 1979
constructionBegan 1966
country United States of America
surface form: "United States"
crosses Stanislaus River
hasControversy environmental impacts on the Stanislaus River
inundation of whitewater recreation reaches
loss of historic and archaeological sites
hasPowerPlant yes
hasPurpose flood control
hydroelectric power generation
irrigation supply
recreation
water storage
hasSpillway yes
height about 191 meters
about 625 feet
impounds New Melones Dam
surface form: "New Melones Lake"
installedCapacity about 300 megawatts
length about 1,560 feet
about 475 meters
locatedIn Calaveras County, California NERFINISHED
California, United States
surface form: "California"

Tuolumne County, California NERFINISHED
locatedOnRiver Stanislaus River
managedBy Bureau of Reclamation
surface form: "United States Bureau of Reclamation"
nearCity Angels Camp
surface form: "Angels Camp, California"

Sonora, California
nearProtectedArea Stanislaus River canyon
openedIn 1979
operator Bureau of Reclamation
surface form: "United States Bureau of Reclamation"
ownedBy United States government
partOf Central Valley Project
Stanislaus River
surface form: "Stanislaus River watershed"
powerPlantType conventional hydroelectric power plant
provides flood protection for downstream communities
recreational opportunities such as boating and fishing
water for irrigation in California’s Central Valley
replaced Old Melones Dam
reservoirCapacity about 2,400,000 acre-feet
about 3.0 cubic kilometers
reservoirName New Melones Dam
surface form: "New Melones Lake"
reservoirSurfaceArea about 12,500 acres
spillwayType gated overflow spillway
usedFor municipal and industrial water supply

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Stanislaus River hasDam New Melones Dam
Angels Camp hasNearbyAttraction New Melones Dam
this entity surface form: "New Melones Lake"
Columbia hasNearbyAttraction New Melones Dam
subject surface form: "Columbia (California)"
this entity surface form: "New Melones Lake"
Stanislaus River hasReservoir New Melones Dam
this entity surface form: "New Melones Lake"
New Melones Dam impounds New Melones Dam
this entity surface form: "New Melones Lake"
Central Valley Project includes New Melones Dam
New Melones Dam reservoirName New Melones Dam
this entity surface form: "New Melones Lake"

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