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Prosser Creek Dam (National ID # CA10179) is a dam in
Prosser Creek Dam (National ID # CA10179) is a dam in Nevada County, California
Nevada County () is a county located in the U.S. state of California, in the Sierra Nevada. As of the 2020 census, the population was 102,241. The county seat is Nevada City. Nevada County comprises the Truckee-Grass Valley, CA Micropolitan ...
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The earthen and rockfill dam was constructed from 1959 to 1962 by the United States Bureau of Reclamation
The Bureau of Reclamation, and formerly the United States Reclamation Service, is a federal agency under the U.S. Department of the Interior, which oversees water resource management, specifically as it applies to the oversight and opera ...
with a height of feet and a crest length of . It impounds Prosser Creek
Prosser Creek is a perennial stream in Nevada County, California, formed from the North Fork Prosser Creek and South Fork Prosser Creek, then flowing into Prosser Creek Reservoir, and then to the Truckee River
The Truckee River is a river in ...
(a tributary of the Truckee River
The Truckee River is a river in the U.S. states of California and Nevada. The river flows northeasterly and is long.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed October 20, 2012 The ...
) for irrigation storage and winter and spring flood control, part of the Bureau's larger Washoe Project in the Tahoe region. The dam is owned and operated by the Bureau.
The reservoir it creates, Prosser Creek Reservoir, has a water surface of about , a shoreline of approximately , and has a capacity of . Recreation includes fishing (for rainbow and brown trout), boating, camping, hunting, and hiking.http://www.recreation.gov/recAreaDetails.do?contractCode=NRSO&recAreaId=38&agencyCode=129
See also
*List of dams and reservoirs in California
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in California in a sortable table. There are over 1,400 named dams and 1,300 named reservoirs in the state of California.
Dams in service
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*List of lakes in California
There are more than 3,000 named lakes, reservoirs, and dry lakes in the U.S. state of California.
Largest lakes
In terms of area covered, the largest lake in California is the Salton Sea, a lake formed in 1905 which is now saline. It occupies ...
References
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