Warm Springs Dam

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Warm Springs Dam is a large earth-fill dam in Sonoma County, California, that creates Lake Sonoma for water supply, flood control, and recreation on the Russian River system.

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Warm Springs Dam canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf earth-fill dam
embankment dam
catchmentArea 130 sq mi
340 km2
constructedBy United States Army Corps of Engineers
constructionBegan 1973
country United States
createsReservoir Lake Sonoma
crosses Dry Creek
damHeight 319 ft
97 m
damLength 3010 ft
917 m
damVolume 23,000,000 m3
30,000,000 cu yd
environmentalControversy opposition over impacts on fish habitat
fishSpeciesAffected coho salmon
steelhead trout
hasFishHatcheryNearby Warm Springs Fish Hatchery
hasSpillway yes
locatedIn California
Sonoma County, California
locatedInWatershed Russian River watershed
linked to: Russian River
locatedOnRiver Dry Creek
managingAgency US Army Corps of Engineers San Francisco District
namedAfter Warm Springs Creek
nearCity Healdsburg, California
openingDate 1983
operator United States Army Corps of Engineers
owner United States Army Corps of Engineers
partOfRiverSystem Russian River
providesFloodControlFor Russian River valley
purpose flood control
recreation
water supply
recreationActivities boating
camping
fishing
recreationArea Lake Sonoma Recreation Area
linked to: Lake Sonoma
reservoirName Lake Sonoma
reservoirSurfaceArea 11 km2
2,700 acres
reservoirTotalCapacity 381,000 acre ft
470,000,000 m3
spillwayType uncontrolled overflow
status operational
waterSupplyFor Sonoma County
northern San Francisco Bay Area

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Russian River hasDam Warm Springs Dam
Lake Sonoma formedByDam Warm Springs Dam