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Calif Dams

List of Calif dams, sorted by capacity -- to see where Hetch Hetchy fits.

First, my apologies about the spacing. The file was created with a non-proportional font. If you cut and paste the data into, maybe notepad, it'll look pretty again. The reason I did this was to see where O Shanessey Dam, and Hetch-Hetchy Reservoir fall in terms of size, compared to the other Calif reservoirs. It's #30 in the list. Clearly not the largest dam, but not insignificant either. Occasionally the topic of restoring Hetch Hetchy valley, by removing the reservoir comes up. Typically this is proposed by people who do not live in areas served by the reservoir. Now I know where it stands, and, if you care to look, you can too.

Dam Lake Stream Capacity (AF)
Hoover Lake Mead Colorado River 26,159,008
Glen Canyon Lake Powell Colorado River 24,322,000
Shasta Lake Shasta Sacramento R 4,552,000
Oroville Lake Oroville Feather River 3,537,600
Trinity Trinity Lake Trinity River 2,447,700
New Melones New Melones Reservoir Stanislaus R 2,420,000
San Luis San Luis Reservoir San Luis Creek 2,039,000
Don Pedro New Don Pedro Reservoir Tuolumne River 2,030,000
Davis Lake Mohave Colorado River 1,810,000
Montecello Lake Berryessa Putah Creek 1,600,000
Canyon Lake Almanor N Fork Feather River 1,143,000
San Luis San Luis Reservoir (SWP San Luis Creek 1,062,000
New Exchequer Lake McClure Merced River 1,024,600
Pine Flat Pine Flat Dam Kings River 1,000,000
Folsom Folsom Lake American River 977,000
San Luis San Luis Reservoir (CVP San Luis Creek 971,000
New BullardsBar Bullards Bar Reservoir N Fork Yuba R 966,103
Diamond Valley Diamond Valley Lake DomenigoniVlyCr 800,000
Lake Tahoe Lake Tahoe Truckee River 732,000
Parker Dam Lake Havasu Colorado River 619,400
U San Joaquin R Total San Joaquin R 617,300
Isabella Lake Isabella Kern River 568,000
Clear Lake Clear Lake Lost Creek 526,800
Friant Millerton Lake San Joaquin River 520,000
Upper Klamath Upper Klamath Klamath River 486,830
Camanche Camanche Reservoir Mokelumne R 417,120
Warm Springs Warm Springs Reservoir Russian River 381,000

Nacimiento Lake Nacimiento Nacimiento R 377,900

O Shanessey Hetch-Hetchy Reservoir Tuolumne River 360,400

James H Turner Lake San Antonio Salinas R Trib 330,000

Castaic Castaic Lake Castaic Creek 325,000

New Hogan New Hogan Lake Calaveras River 317,100

Clear Lake Imp Clear Lake Cache Creek 313,000

Indian Valley Indian Valley Reservoir Cache Cr Trib 301,000

Union Valley Union Valley Reservoir S Fork Amer R 277,300

Cherry Valley Cherry Lake Cherry Creek 268,000

Twitchell Twitchell Reservoir Cuyama River 257,100

Casitas Lake Casitas Casitas Creek 254,000

Whiskeytown Whiskeytown Lake Clear Creek 241,100

Stampede Stampede Lake Little Truckee River 226,500

Lower Hell Hole Hell Hole Reservoir Rubicon River 207,600

Pardee Reservoir Pardee Res Mokelumne R 197,950

Cachuma Cachuma Lake Santa Ynez 190,500

Spicer Meadows New Spicer Meadows Res N Fork Stani R 190,000

Terminus Lake Kaweah Kaweah River 185,600

Long Valley Lake Crowley Owens River 183,200

Matthews Lake Matthews De Luz Creek Tributary 179,300

Pyramid Pyramid Lake Piru Creek 171,200

Buchanan Eastman Lake Chowchilla R 150,000

Bowman Spaulding Dive Lake Spaulding System none 144,591

Salt Springs N Mokelumne R 141,857

French Meadows French Meadows ReS M Fork American 136,400

Black Butte Rereg Black Butte Stony Creek 136,000

Shaver Shaver Lake San Joaquin River 135,400

Perris Perris Lake none 131,500

Wishon Lake Wishon Helms Creek 128,300

Vermillion Vall Thomas A. Edison Lake S San Joaquin R 125,000

Courtright Helms Creek Helms Creek 123,200

Mammoth Pool Mammoth Pool Reservoir San Joaquin R 122,700

Coyote Valley Lake Mendocino Russian River 122,400

El Capitan El Capitan San Diego River 112,807

Bucks Bucks Lake Bucks Creek 105,600

Los Vaqueros Los Vaqueros Reservoir Kellogg Creek 104,800

Camp Far West Camp Far West Bear River 104,000

Beardsley Beardsley Lake M Fork Stanislaus R 97,800

Calaveras Calaveras Reservoir Calaveras Cr 96,900

Little GrassVly Little Grass Valley Res S Fork FeatherR 94,700

Gerber Gerber Lake Klamath River 94,300

Hidden Hensley Lake Fresno River 90,000

Huntington Huntington Lake San Joaquin R 89,800

San Vicente San Vicente Reservoir San Vicente Cr 89,312

Leroy Anderson Anderson Lake Coyote Creek 89,100

Grizzly Valley Lake Davis Big Grizzly Creek 84,400

Santa Felicia Lake Piru Piru Creek 83,244

Success Lake Success Tule River 82,300

Thermalito Thermalito System Feather River 81,264

Pillsbury Lake Pillsbury S Fork Eel R 80,500

Del Valle Lake Del Valle Arroyo Valle 77,100

Loon Lake Loon Lake Rubicon River Tributary 76,500

Spaulding Spaulding Lake S Fork Yuba River 75,100

Bear Valley Big Bear Lake Bear Creek 73,000

Cedar Springs Lake Silverwood Mojave River 73,000

Englebright Narrows Englebright Lake Yuba River 70,000

Jackson Meadows Jackson Meadows Res M Fork Yuba R 69,200

Bowman Bowman Lake Canyon Creek 68,500

Tulloch Tulloch Reservoir Stanislaus R 67,000

Rollins Rollins Reservoir Bear River 66,000

Sly Creek Lost Creek 65,700

Florence Florence Lake S Fork San Joaquin R 64,600

Donnells Donnells Reservoir M Fork Stanisl 64,300

San Gabriel #1 San Gabriel Reservoir San Gabriel 62,000

Ruth Ruth Lake Mad River 61,000

Briones Briones Lake Bear Creek 60,500

Lower Crstl Spr Crystal Springs Res San Mateo Creek 58,400

O Neill Forebay San Luis Creek 56,400

Frenchman Frenchman Lake Little Last Chance Cr 55,477

Thermalito Thermalito Afterbay Feather River 54,906

Henshaw Lake Henshaw San Luis Rey River 53,400

Lower Bear R Lower Bear Reservoir Bear River 52,025

Farmington Littlejohn Creek 52,000

East Park East Park Reservoir Stony Creek 50,900

San Antonio San Antonio Reservoir Alameda Creek 50,500

Morena Morena Lake Cottonwood Cr 50,200

Stony Gorge Stony Gorge Reservoir Stony Creek 50,000

Dwinnell Dwinnell Shasta River 50,000

Vail Vail Reservoir Temecula Creek 50,000

Butt Valley Butt Valley Reservoir Butt Creek 49,900

Otay Lower Otay Otay River 49,500

Turlock Turlock Lake Tuolumne River 49,000

Scotts Flat Scotts Flat Reservoir Deer Creek 48,500

Grant Lake Grant Lake Rush Creek 47,600

Ice House Ice House Reservoir S Fork Slvr Cr 45,960

Crane Vly Stg Crane Valley Lake N Fork San Joaquin R 45,400

Skinner Clearwell Skinner Lake none 44,200

Bridgeport Bridgeport Reservoir E Fork Walker R 42,600

Haiwee Haiwee Reservoir Rose Valley 41,200

Boca Boca Reservoir Little Truckee River 41,100

Sly Park Jenkinson Lake Cosumnes River 41,000

Whale Rock Whale Rock Lake Old Creek 40,700

Pit Number 3 Lake Britton Pit River 40,600

San Pablo San Pablo Reservoir San Pablo 38,600

U San Leandro U San Leandro R Alameda Creek 37,960

Barrett Barrett Lake Cottonwood Creek 37,947

McCloud McCloud Reservoir McCloud River 35,200

Redinger Redinger Lake San Joaquin River 35,000

Los Banos Los Banos Reservoir Los Banos Creek 34,600

Pit No. 7 Pit No. 7 Pit River 34,600

Bouquet Canyon Bouquet Reservoir Bouquet Creek 33,767

Kent Kent Lake Lagunitas Creek 32,900

Lake Hennessey Lake Hennessey Conn Creek 31,000

Lake Hodges Lake Hodges San Dieguito River 30,251

Prosser Prosser Reservoir Prosser Creek 29,800

Sutherland Sutherland Lake Santa Ysabel Cr 29,684

Modesto Reservoir Tuolumne River 29,000

Sweetwater Sweetwater Reservoir Sweetwater Cr 27,700

Eleanor Lake Eleanor Tuolumne River 26,100

Lake Loveland Lake Loveland Sweetwater River 25,400

Santiago Creek Sangiago Creek 25,000

Iron Canyon Iron Canyon Reservoir Pit River Trib 24,200

Indian Ole Mountain Meadows N FeatherR Trib 23,900

Keswick Keswick Reservoir Sacramento R 23,800

Salinas Santa Margarita Lake Salinas River 23,000

Antelope Antelope Indian Creek 22,600

Nicasio Nicasio Reservoir Nicasio Creek 22,400

Coyote Percolation Coyote Res Coyote Creek 22,300

Caples Caples Lake Silver Fork American R 21,600

Lexington Los Gatos Creek Los Gatos Creek 21,430

Martis Creek Reservoir Martis Creek Martis Creek 20,400

Mark Edson Stumpy Meadows Lake Rubicon River 20,000

San Andreas San Andreas Lake San Mateo Creek 19,000

Main Strawberry Pinecrest Lake S Fork Stanislaus 18,300

Independence Independence Lake Independence Cr 17,295

Gem Lake Gem Lake Rush Creek 17,200

Slab Creek Slab Creek Reservoir S Fork Amer R 16,600

Tinemaha Tinemaha Reservoir Owens River 16,300

Villa Park Villa Park Reservoir Santiago Creek 16,000

Pit No. 6 Pit No. 6 Pit River 15,900

Relief Relief Reservoir N Stanislaus R 15,600

Lewiston Lewiston Lake Trinity River 14,700

French Lake French Lake Canyon Creek 13,800

Lake Hemet Lake Hemet San Jacinto River 13,500

South Lake South Lake Bishop Creek 12,900

Cuyamaca Cuyamaca Lake Boulder Creek 12,200

Railroad Canyon Railroad Canyon Res San Jacinto R 11,900

Saddlebag Saddlebag Lake Lee Vining Creek 11,100

Soulajule Soulajule San Francisco Bay 10,572

Chabot Lake Chabot San Leandro Creek 10,400

Chet Harrit Lake Jennings Quail Canyon Cr 9,800

McSwain Lake McSwain Merced River 9,730

Donner Donner Lake Truckee River 9,700

Natoma Lake Natoma American River 9,000

Cogswell Cogswell Res W Fork San Gabriel R 9,000

Alpine Alpine Lake Lagunitas Creek 8,900

Silver Silver Lake Silver Fork American R 8,640

Gibraltar Gibraltar Lake Santa Ynez River 8,200

Lake Valley Lake Valley Reservoir N Fork Amer R 8,000

Miramar Miramar none 7,184

Lyons Lyons Reservoir S Fork Stanislaus River 6,219

Austrian Lake Austrian Los Gatos Creek 6,200

Quail Quail Lake none 5,654

Combie Lake Combie Bear River 5,555

Bethany Forebay Bethany Forebay Delta 4,900

Murray Murray Reservoir Chaparral Cyn 4,818

Lafayette Lafayette Lafayette Creek 4,250

Kerckhoff Diver Kerckhoff Reservoir San Joaquin 4,247

Bon Tempe Bon Tempe Reservoir Lagunitas Creek 4,017

Matilija Matilija Reservoir Matilija Creek 750

Solano Lake Solano Putah Creek 720

La Grange Tuolumne River 500

Lagunitas Lagunitas Lake Lagunitas Creek 350

Potter Valley PH EF Russian River 0

http://cdec.water.ca.gov/misc/resinfo.html