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