Salt Springs Dam

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Salt Springs Dam is a hydroelectric and water storage dam on the North Fork of the Mokelumne River in the Sierra Nevada of California.

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Salt Springs Dam canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concrete arch dam
hydroelectric dam
water storage dam
basinCountry United States
constructionBegan 1930
constructionMaterial concrete
county Amador County, California
Calaveras County, California
linked to: Calaveras County
createsReservoir Salt Springs Reservoir
crosses North Fork Mokelumne River
damType arch dam
hasSpillway yes
height about 332 feet
impounds North Fork Mokelumne River
length about 1,260 feet
locatedInCountry United States
locatedInMountainRange Sierra Nevada
locatedInRegion Central Sierra Nevada
locatedInState California
locatedOnWatercourse North Fork Mokelumne River
managingAgency Pacific Gas and Electric Company
nearbyCity Jackson, California
Pioneer, California
nearProtectedArea Eldorado National Forest
Stanislaus National Forest
opened 1931
operator Pacific Gas and Electric Company
ownedBy Pacific Gas and Electric Company
partOf Mokelumne River Project
partOfSystem PG&E hydroelectric system in the Sierra Nevada
plantCapacity about 44 megawatts
purpose flood control
hydroelectric power generation
water storage
region Northern California
reservoirCapacity about 141,000 acre-feet
reservoirName Salt Springs Reservoir
reservoirSurfaceElevation about 3,900 feet above sea level
spillwayType overflow spillway
status operational
usedFor irrigation water supply
peaking power generation
recreation on Salt Springs Reservoir
watercourseBasin Mokelumne River basin
linked to: Mokelumne River
waterUse agricultural supply support
municipal supply support

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Mokelumne River impoundedBy Salt Springs Dam
Salt Springs Reservoir hasDam Salt Springs Dam
North Fork Mokelumne River hasDam Salt Springs Dam