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New Hogan Dam
USACE New Hogan Lake and Dam.jpg
Country United States
Location Calaveras County, California
Coordinates 38°09′03″N 120°48′47″W / 38.15083°N 120.81306°W / 38.15083; -120.81306
Opening date 1963
Owner(s) United States Army Corps of Engineers logo.svg 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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