| Whiskeytown Dam | |
|---|---|
 | |
| 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]
- ^ a b "Whiskeytown Dam Dimensions". Shasta/Trinity River Division Project. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. 2009-06-04. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
- ^ a b "Whiskeytown Dam Hydraulics & Hydrology". Shasta/Trinity River Division Project. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. 2009-06-04. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
- ^ a b "Shasta/Trinity River Division Project". Central Valley Project. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. 2011-04-21. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
- ^ "Whiskeytown Dam (USBR) (WHI)". California Data Exchange Center. California Department of Water Resources. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
- ^ a b c d e "Spring Creek Powerplant". Shasta/Trinity River Division Project. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. 2009-05-13. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
- ^ Stene, Eric A. (1996). "Trinity Division: Central Valley Project" (PDF). Bureau of Reclamation History Program. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Retrieved 2012-06-05.