Lake Oroville

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Lake Oroville is a large man-made reservoir in Northern California, created by the Oroville Dam on the Feather River, that serves as a major source of water storage, flood control, and recreation.

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Label Occurrences
Lake Oroville canonical 16
Lake Oroville State Recreation Area 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf artificial lake
reservoir
basinCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
completed 1968
connectedInfrastructure Hyatt Powerplant
surface form: Edward Hyatt Powerplant

Oroville Dam
surface form: Oroville–Thermalito Complex
constructionBegan 1961
country United States of America
surface form: United States
createdByProject Oroville Dam
surface form: Oroville Dam Project
fishSpecies bass
salmon
trout
formedBy Oroville Dam
hasSpillway Oroville Dam
surface form: Oroville Dam emergency spillway

Oroville Dam main spillway
inflow Feather River
Middle Fork Feather River
Feather River
surface form: North Fork Feather River

South Fork Feather River
locatedIn Butte County
surface form: Butte County, California

California, United States
surface form: California

Northern California
locatedOnRiver Feather River
managingAgency California Department of Water Resources
maximumCapacity approximately 3,537,577 acre-feet
maximumDepth over 690 feet
nearCity City of Oroville, California
surface form: Oroville, California
notableEvent 2017 Oroville Dam spillway crisis
opened 1968
outflow Feather River
partOf State Water Project
surface form: California State Water Project

Feather River
surface form: Feather River watershed
protectedArea Lake Oroville self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lake Oroville State Recreation Area
purpose flood control
hydroelectric power generation
irrigation supply
recreation
water storage
rank one of the largest reservoirs in California
recreationActivity boating
camping
fishing
swimming
water skiing
state California, United States
surface form: California
surfaceArea approximately 15,800 acres at full pool
waterSupplyFor Central Valley Project
surface form: Central Valley Project service areas (via exchanges and interties)

agricultural users in the Central Valley
municipal users in Southern California

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State Water Project hasComponent Lake Oroville
Butte County hasLake Lake Oroville
SWP includesComponent Lake Oroville
Hyatt Powerplant usesWaterFrom Lake Oroville
Hyatt Powerplant locatedBelow Lake Oroville
Hyatt Powerplant hasReservoir Lake Oroville
Oroville Dam impounds Lake Oroville
Oroville Dam reservoirName Lake Oroville
Lake Oroville protectedArea Lake Oroville self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Lake Oroville State Recreation Area
Oroville nearbyWaterBody Lake Oroville
Oroville hasNearbyStateRecreationArea Lake Oroville
this entity surface form: Lake Oroville State Recreation Area
Sacramento River Basin contains Lake Oroville
Feather River reservoir Lake Oroville
City of Oroville, California recreationAreaNearby Lake Oroville
this entity surface form: Lake Oroville State Recreation Area