Camanche Dam

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Camanche Dam is a large earth-fill dam in California that creates Camanche Reservoir on the Mokelumne River for water storage, flood control, and recreation.

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Camanche Dam canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf earth-fill dam
embankment dam
basinCountry United States
catchmentArea 627 square miles
constructionBegan 1960
constructionMaterial earth
rockfill
country United States
createsReservoir Camanche Reservoir
crestElevation 235 feet
crosses Mokelumne River
hasDownstreamDam Pardee Dam
hasFacility Camanche Recreation Area
hasFunction flow regulation
sediment control
hasRecreationalActivity boating
camping
fishing
height 171 feet
52 meters
isUpstreamOf Mokelumne River delta
length 3,070 feet
936 meters
locatedIn Amador County, California
California
San Joaquin County, California
linked to: San Joaquin County
locatedInRegion Sierra Nevada foothills
locatedNear Valley Springs, California
managesFloodRiskFor lower Mokelumne River
namedAfter Camanche, California
nearbyCity Lodi, California
linked to: Lodi

Stockton, California
linked to: Stockton
openingDate 1963
operator East Bay Municipal Utility District
owner East Bay Municipal Utility District
partOf Mokelumne River Project
providesWaterTo East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area
linked to: East Bay
purpose flood control
recreation
water storage
reservoirCapacity 417,120 acre-feet
reservoirElevation 235 feet above sea level
reservoirName Camanche Reservoir
reservoirSurfaceArea 7,700 acres
river Mokelumne River
spillwayCapacity 112,000 cubic feet per second
spillwayType uncontrolled overflow spillway

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mokelumne River impoundedBy Camanche Dam
Camanche Reservoir createdBy Camanche Dam
Camanche Reservoir isImpoundedBy Camanche Dam
Pardee Dam isUpstreamOf Camanche Dam