Boca Dam (National ID No. CA10135) is an

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and a part of the Truckee Storage Project that encompasses

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and

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in the

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. Open year-round, it is located at the southern end of

Boca Reservoir Boca Reservoir is an artificial lake in Nevada County, California, United States, located in the perimeter covered by Tahoe National Forest. It was created by the construction of Boca Dam across Little Truckee River, approximately 10 km ...

, north of

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, above the confluence of the

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and the

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, and northeast of

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lies to the east. Boca Dam's area of significance includes agriculture, conservation, and engineering. It is administered by the

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, and operated by the Washoe County Water Conservation District. The technical point of contact is the United States District Court Water Master's Office in Reno. The dam's major period of significance was 1925 through 1949.

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Landmark

The dam is registered in the

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. Its commemorative plaque states:

Boca Dam 1937 - 1940 United States Department of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes...Secretary Bureau of Reclamation
John C. Page...Commissioner
R. F. Walter...Chief Engineer
L. J. Foster and C. S. Hale Construction Engineers Heigh..............116 Feet
Length..............1629 Feet
Storage Capacity....40,901 Acre-Feet
Contractor..........George W. Condon Co.

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