San Vicente Dam
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San Vicente Dam is a major concrete gravity dam in San Diego County, California, that forms San Vicente Reservoir and plays a key role in the region’s water supply and storage.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
concrete gravity dam
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dam ⓘ |
| catchmentArea | San Vicente Creek watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| completed | 1943 ⓘ |
| constructionBegan | 1941 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createsReservoir | San Vicente Reservoir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| damRaiseHeightIncrease | about 117 feet ⓘ |
| damRaiseProjectCompleted | 2014 ⓘ |
| damRaiseProjectType | roller-compacted concrete raise ⓘ |
| engineeringClassification | large dam ⓘ |
| forms | San Vicente Reservoir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function |
drought resilience
ⓘ
emergency water storage ⓘ |
| hasSpillway | yes ⓘ |
| height |
about 220 feet (original dam)
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about 337 feet (after raise) ⓘ |
| impounds | San Vicente Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| length | about 1,430 feet ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Cuyamaca Mountains foothills NERFINISHED ⓘ San Diego County ⓘ
surface form:
San Diego County, California
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedNear |
Lakeside, California
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ramona, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managingAgency | City of San Diego Public Utilities Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | concrete ⓘ |
| nearProtectedArea | Cleveland National Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature | one of the tallest dam-raise projects in the United States ⓘ |
| opened | 1943 ⓘ |
| operator | City of San Diego Public Utilities Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owner | City of San Diego NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
San Diego County Water System
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
San Diego region Emergency Storage Project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
flood control
ⓘ
municipal water supply ⓘ water storage ⓘ |
| regionServed | San Diego region ⓘ |
| reservoirName | San Vicente Reservoir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reservoirOriginalCapacity | approximately 90,000 acre-feet ⓘ |
| reservoirTotalCapacity | approximately 247,000 acre-feet (after raise) ⓘ |
| river | San Vicente Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| safetyRegulator | California Division of Safety of Dams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportsRecreation |
boating on San Vicente Reservoir
ⓘ
fishing on San Vicente Reservoir ⓘ |
| typeOfConstruction | concrete gravity ⓘ |
| usesWaterSource |
imported water from regional aqueducts
ⓘ
local runoff ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.