New Hogan Dam facts for kids
Quick facts for kids New Hogan Dam |
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Country | United States |
Location | Calaveras County, California |
Coordinates | 38°09′03″N 120°48′47″W / 38.15083°N 120.81306°W |
Opening date | 1963 |
Owner(s) | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Embankment |
Impounds | Calaveras River |
Height | 210 ft (64 m) |
Length | 1,960 ft (600 m) |
Spillway type | Gated overflow, service |
Spillway capacity | 106,400 cu ft/s (3,010 m3/s) |
Reservoir | |
Creates | New Hogan Lake |
Total capacity | 317,100 acre⋅ft (0.3911 km3) |
Catchment area | 363 sq mi (940 km2) |
Surface area | 4,400 acres (1,800 ha) |
Power station | |
Installed capacity | 3.15 MW |
New Hogan Dam is an embankment dam on the Calaveras River, a tributary of the San Joaquin River in central California. The dam lies east of Rancho Calaveras and impounds New Hogan Lake in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. Built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the 210-foot (64 m)-high dam was completed in 1963. In 1986, the Modesto Irrigation District contracted with the USACE to build a base load hydroelectric plant at the dam with a capacity of 3.15 megawatts.
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