Camanche Dam

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Camanche Dam is a large earth-fill dam in California that creates Camanche Reservoir on the Mokelumne River for water storage, flood control, and recreation.

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Camanche Dam canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf earth-fill dam
embankment dam
basinCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
catchmentArea 627 square miles
constructionBegan 1960
constructionMaterial earth
rockfill
country United States of America
surface form: United States
createsReservoir Camanche Reservoir NERFINISHED
crestElevation 235 feet
crosses Mokelumne River NERFINISHED
hasDownstreamDam Pardee Dam NERFINISHED
hasFacility Camanche Recreation Area NERFINISHED
hasFunction flow regulation
sediment control
hasRecreationalActivity boating
camping
fishing
height 171 feet
52 meters
isUpstreamOf Mokelumne River delta
length 3,070 feet
936 meters
locatedIn Amador County, California NERFINISHED
California, United States
surface form: California

San Joaquin County, California NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion Sierra Nevada foothills NERFINISHED
locatedNear Valley Springs, California NERFINISHED
managesFloodRiskFor lower Mokelumne River NERFINISHED
namedAfter Camanche, California NERFINISHED
nearbyCity Lodi, California NERFINISHED
Stockton, California NERFINISHED
openingDate 1963
operator East Bay Municipal Utility District NERFINISHED
owner East Bay Municipal Utility District NERFINISHED
partOf Mokelumne River Project NERFINISHED
providesWaterTo East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area NERFINISHED
purpose flood control
recreation
water storage
reservoirCapacity 417,120 acre-feet
reservoirElevation 235 feet above sea level
reservoirName Camanche Reservoir NERFINISHED
reservoirSurfaceArea 7,700 acres
river Mokelumne River NERFINISHED
spillwayCapacity 112,000 cubic feet per second
spillwayType uncontrolled overflow spillway

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Mokelumne River impoundedBy Camanche Dam