Pardee Dam

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Pardee Dam is a concrete arch dam in California that forms Pardee Reservoir, providing water storage, hydroelectric power, and flood control for the Mokelumne River system.

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Pardee Dam canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concrete arch dam
gravity dam
basinCountry United States
builder East Bay Municipal Utility District
constructionBegan 1927
country United States
crosses Mokelumne River
designType arch-gravity
formsReservoir Pardee Reservoir
hasPowerPlant Pardee Hydroelectric Power Plant
hasSpillway yes
height 105 meters
345 feet
isUpstreamOf Camanche Dam
length 1277 feet
389 meters
locatedIn California
locatedInCounty Calaveras County, California
linked to: Calaveras County
locatedInRegion Sierra Nevada foothills
locatedNear Valley Springs, California
locatedOnRiver Mokelumne River
managesFloodRiskFor Mokelumne River basin
linked to: Mokelumne River
mapLocation Northern California
material concrete
namedAfter George Pardee
namedForOccupation former Governor of California
openingDate 1929
operator East Bay Municipal Utility District
ownedBy East Bay Municipal Utility District
partOf Mokelumne River Project
powerPlantCapacity 30000 kilowatts
primaryFunction flood control
hydroelectric power generation
water storage
providesWaterFor agricultural use
drinking water
industrial use
purpose municipal water supply
reservoirCapacity 197000 acre-feet
reservoirCatchmentArea 575 square miles
reservoirName Pardee Reservoir
reservoirSurfaceElevation 173 meters
568 feet
restrictedUse no body-contact recreation on reservoir
suppliesWaterTo East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area
linked to: East Bay

San Francisco Bay Area
usedFor recreation on Pardee Reservoir
waterConveyance Mokelumne Aqueduct
linked to: Mokelumne Aqueducts

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Mokelumne River impoundedBy Pardee Dam
Pardee Reservoir createdBy Pardee Dam
Pardee Reservoir hasDam Pardee Dam
Camanche Dam hasDownstreamDam Pardee Dam