Cogswell Dam

Cogswell Dam
Location of Cogswell Dam in California
Country United States
Location Angeles National Forest, Los Angeles County, California
Coordinates 34°14′41″N 117°57′55″W / 34.24472°N 117.96528°W / 34.24472; -117.96528Coordinates: 34°14′41″N 117°57′55″W / 34.24472°N 117.96528°W / 34.24472; -117.96528
Opening date 1935
Dam and spillways
Impounds West Fork San Gabriel River
Height 266 ft (81 m)
Height (foundation) 280 ft (85 m)[1]
Length 585 ft (178 m)
Spillway capacity 59,900 cu ft/s (1,700 m3/s)[1]
Reservoir
Creates Cogswell Reservoir
Total capacity 12,234 acre·ft (15,090,000 m3)
Catchment area 38.4 sq mi (99 km2)
Surface area 146 acres (59 ha)

Cogswell Dam is a rockfill dam on the West Fork of the San Gabriel River in Los Angeles County, California. It forms Cogswell Reservoir, which has a capacity of 8,969 acre feet (11,063,000 m3).[2] It serves mainly for flood control in conjunction with San Gabriel and Morris Dams downstream.

San Gabriel Dam lies 13 miles (21 km) downstream.[3]

Construction

Bonds for the dam's construction were issued in 1924. Construction began March 1932 and was completed April 1934, at a total cost of US$3,127,762.[3]

The rock-fill dam, built by the Los Angeles County Flood Control District, is 585 feet (178 m) long, 266 feet (81 m) tall (measured from the stream bed), 18 feet (5.5 m) wide at the top, and contains 1,044,945 cubic yards (798,918 m3) of material. Its crest is 2,412 feet (735 m) above sea level and 27 feet (8.2 m) above the certified water storage elevation.[2]

The dam rests on crystalline granite bedrock. The buttress is 750 feet (230 m) thick at the base, and the height from foundation to crest is 285 feet (87 m). There are concrete cutoff walls and a concrete facing slab on the dam's upstream side.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2
  2. 1 2 "Dams Within the Jurisdiction of the State of California (A-G)" (PDF). California Department of Water Resources. Retrieved September 30, 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 "Cogswell Dam" (PDF). Dpwftp.cp.la.ca.us. Retrieved November 18, 2012.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, February 14, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.