Cherry Valley Dam

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Cherry Valley Dam is a concrete arch dam in Tuolumne County, California, that creates Cherry Lake as part of the Hetch Hetchy water and hydroelectric system serving the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concrete arch dam
dam
completedIn 1956
constructionBegan 1953
constructionMaterial concrete
coordinates 38.047°N 119.886°W
country United States
createsReservoir Cherry Lake
damType arch dam
hasPowerPlant Cherry hydroelectric facilities
height 315 feet
96 meters
impounds Cherry Creek
length 244 meters
800 feet
locatedIn California
Stanislaus National Forest
Tuolumne County, California
linked to: Tuolumne County
locatedNear Yosemite National Park
locatedOn Cherry Creek
openingYear 1956
operator San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
ownedBy City and County of San Francisco
partOf Hetch Hetchy Project
Hetch Hetchy hydroelectric system
Hetch Hetchy water system
purpose flood control
hydroelectric power generation
water storage
reservoirCapacity 273,500 acre-feet
reservoirElevation 1,433 meters
4,700 feet
reservoirName Cherry Lake
reservoirSurfaceArea 1,500 acres
riverBasin Tuolumne River basin
serves San Francisco Bay Area
spillwayType overflow spillway
usedFor municipal water supply
recreation at Cherry Lake
watershed Sierra Nevada

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Cherry Creek (Tuolumne County, California) impoundedBy Cherry Valley Dam
subject linked to: Cherry Creek
Cherry Lake formedByDam Cherry Valley Dam