Warm Springs Dam

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Warm Springs Dam is a large earth-fill dam in Sonoma County, California, that creates Lake Sonoma for water supply, flood control, and recreation on the Russian River system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf earth-fill dam
embankment dam
catchmentArea 130 sq mi
340 km2
constructedBy United States Army Corps of Engineers NERFINISHED
constructionBegan 1973
country United States of America
surface form: United States
createsReservoir Lake Sonoma NERFINISHED
crosses Dry Creek NERFINISHED
damHeight 319 ft
97 m
damLength 3010 ft
917 m
damVolume 23,000,000 m3
30,000,000 cu yd
environmentalControversy opposition over impacts on fish habitat
fishSpeciesAffected coho salmon
steelhead trout
hasFishHatcheryNearby Warm Springs Fish Hatchery NERFINISHED
hasSpillway yes
locatedIn California, United States
surface form: California

Sonoma County, California NERFINISHED
locatedInWatershed Russian River watershed NERFINISHED
locatedOnRiver Dry Creek NERFINISHED
managingAgency US Army Corps of Engineers San Francisco District NERFINISHED
namedAfter Warm Springs Creek NERFINISHED
nearCity Healdsburg, California NERFINISHED
openingDate 1983
operator United States Army Corps of Engineers NERFINISHED
owner United States Army Corps of Engineers NERFINISHED
partOfRiverSystem Russian River NERFINISHED
providesFloodControlFor Russian River valley NERFINISHED
purpose flood control
recreation
water supply
recreationActivities boating
camping
fishing
recreationArea Lake Sonoma Recreation Area NERFINISHED
reservoirName Lake Sonoma NERFINISHED
reservoirSurfaceArea 11 km2
2,700 acres
reservoirTotalCapacity 381,000 acre ft
470,000,000 m3
spillwayType uncontrolled overflow
status operational
waterSupplyFor Sonoma County NERFINISHED
northern San Francisco Bay Area

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Russian River hasDam Warm Springs Dam