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2. Installed capacity. 18 MW. Annual generation. 112,650,000 KWh. Iron Gate Dam is an earthfill hydroelectric dam on the Klamath River in northern California, outside Hornbrook, California, that opened in 1964. The dam blocks the Klamath River to create the Iron Gate Lake Reservoir. It is the lowermost of a series of power dams on the river ...
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in California in a sortable table. There are over 1,400 named dams and 1,300 named reservoirs in the state of California . Dams in service
The Klamath River ( Karuk: Ishkêesh, [8] Klamath: Koke, [9] Yurok: Hehlkeek 'We-Roy [10]) flows 257 miles (414 km) [5] through Oregon and northern California in the United States, emptying into the Pacific Ocean. By average discharge, the Klamath is the second largest river in California after the Sacramento River.
The Iron Gate Dam, which opened in 1964 as the last of four dams that, at nearly 200 feet tall each, regulated the flow of the river and time releases for the local water supply in Northern ...
In California alone, thousands of dams provide a long list of human-centered services. From flood control to hydroelectricity to water for drinking and irrigation, dams contribute to the way of ...
Oroville Dam. / 39.53889°N 121.48556°W / 39.53889; -121.48556. Oroville Dam is an earthfill embankment dam on the Feather River east of the city of Oroville, California, in the Sierra Nevada foothills east of the Sacramento Valley. At 770 feet (235 m) high, it is the tallest dam in the U.S. [8] and serves mainly for water supply ...
After more than 20 years of advocacy from the Un-Dam the Klamath movement, three dams on the Klamath River in California are expected to be removed by November 2024. [8] Two remain as of November 2023. [7] / 41.93389°N 122.43528°W / 41.93389; -122.43528 ( Iron Gate Dam) / 34.4850; -119.3082 ( Matilija Dam)
The largest single reservoir in California is Shasta Lake, with a full volume of more than 4,552,000 acre-feet (5.615 km 3 ). Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Key. † denotes reservoir not entirely in California. ‡ denotes reservoir that is offstream or receives most of its water from a source not associated with its feeder stream (s).