San Vicente Dam

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San Vicente Dam is a major concrete gravity dam in San Diego County, California, that forms San Vicente Reservoir and plays a key role in the region’s water supply and storage.

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San Vicente Dam canonical 3
San Vicente Dam Raise Project 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concrete gravity dam
dam
catchmentArea San Vicente Creek watershed
completed 1943
constructionBegan 1941
country United States
createsReservoir San Vicente Reservoir
damRaiseHeightIncrease about 117 feet
damRaiseProjectCompleted 2014
damRaiseProjectType roller-compacted concrete raise
engineeringClassification large dam
forms San Vicente Reservoir
function drought resilience
emergency water storage
hasSpillway yes
height about 220 feet (original dam)
about 337 feet (after raise)
impounds San Vicente Creek
length about 1,430 feet
locatedIn California
Cuyamaca Mountains foothills
San Diego County, California
linked to: San Diego County

United States
locatedNear Lakeside, California
Ramona, California
managingAgency City of San Diego Public Utilities Department
material concrete
nearProtectedArea Cleveland National Forest
notableFeature one of the tallest dam-raise projects in the United States
opened 1943
operator City of San Diego Public Utilities Department
owner City of San Diego
partOf San Diego County Water System
San Diego region Emergency Storage Project
purpose flood control
municipal water supply
water storage
regionServed San Diego region
reservoirName San Vicente Reservoir
reservoirOriginalCapacity approximately 90,000 acre-feet
reservoirTotalCapacity approximately 247,000 acre-feet (after raise)
river San Vicente Creek
safetyRegulator California Division of Safety of Dams
supportsRecreation boating on San Vicente Reservoir
fishing on San Vicente Reservoir
typeOfConstruction concrete gravity
usesWaterSource imported water from regional aqueducts
local runoff

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San Diego River hasDam San Vicente Dam
San Vicente Reservoir hasDam San Vicente Dam
San Vicente Reservoir formedBy San Vicente Dam
San Vicente Reservoir expandedBy San Vicente Dam Raise Project
linked to: San Vicente Dam