Whiskeytown Dam | |
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Location | Shasta County, California, United States |
Coordinates | 40°35′55.8″N 122°32′22.3″W / 40.598833°N 122.539528°W |
Construction began | 1960 |
Opening date | 1963 |
Owner(s) | U.S. Bureau of Reclamation |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Embankment |
Impounds | Clear Creek |
Height | 282 ft (86 m)[1] |
Length | 1,228 ft (374 m)[1] |
Spillway type | Glory-hole |
Spillway capacity | 28,650 cu ft/s (811 m3/s)[2] |
Reservoir | |
Creates | Whiskeytown Lake |
Total capacity | 241,100 acre-feet (297,400 dam3)[3] |
Catchment area | 202.5 sq mi (524 km2)[2] |
Surface area | 3,220 acres (1,300 ha)[4] |
Power Station | |
Commission date | 1964[5] |
Hydraulic head | 566 ft (173 m)[5] |
Turbines | 2x 90 MW at Spring Creek Powerplant[5] |
Installed capacity | 180 MW[5] |
Annual generation | 274,224,000 KWh[5] |
Whiskeytown Dam (officially Clair A. Hill Whiskeytown Dam)[6] is an earthfill dam on Clear Creek, a tributary of the Sacramento River of northern California in the United States.
The dam is located about 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Redding, and impounds Whiskeytown Lake on the southern flank of the Trinity Mountains. The dam is 282 feet (86 m) high, with a storage capacity of 241,100 acre-feet (297,400 dam3) of water.[3]