List of largest reservoirs of California

Map of California's interconnected water system, including all eleven reservoirs over 1,000,000 acre feet (1.2 km3) as well as selected smaller ones.

This is a list of the largest reservoirs, or man-made lakes, in the U.S. state of California. All thirty-six reservoirs that contain over 200,000 acre feet (0.25 km3) of water at maximum capacity are listed. This includes those formed by raising the level of natural lakes, such as at Lake Tahoe. Most large reservoirs in California are owned by the federal Bureau of Reclamation and to a lesser extent the Army Corps of Engineers, many serving the Central Valley Project or State Water Project. Smaller ones are often run by county water agencies or irrigation and flood control districts.

The state has more than one thousand major reservoirs, of which the largest two hundred have a combined capacity of over 41,000,000 acre feet (51 km3).[1] Most large reservoirs in California are located in the central and northern portions of the state, especially along the large and flood-prone rivers of the Central Valley. Eleven reservoirs have a storage capacity greater than or equal to 1,000,000 acre feet (1.2 km3); all of these except one are in or on drainages that feed into the Central Valley. The largest single reservoir in California is Shasta Lake, with a full volume of more than 4,552,000 acre feet (5.615 km3).

Key
dagger denotes reservoir not entirely in California
double-dagger denotes reservoir that is offstream or receives most of its water from a source not associated with its feeder stream(s).

List

Name County(s) Coordinates Volume[n 1] (acre-feet) Volume (km3) Outflow[2][n 2] Dam[n 3] Image
Shasta Lake Shasta 40°45′15″N 122°21′13″W / 40.75417°N 122.35361°W / 40.75417; -122.35361 (Shasta Lake)[3] 4,552,000[4] 5.615 Sacramento River Shasta Dam
Lake Oroville Butte 39°32′14″N 121°29′00″W / 39.53722°N 121.48333°W / 39.53722; -121.48333[5] 3,537,577[6] 4.364 Feather River Oroville Dam
Trinity Lake Trinity 40°51′36″N 122°43′24″W / 40.86000°N 122.72333°W / 40.86000; -122.72333[7] 2,448,000[8] 3.020 Trinity River Trinity Dam
New Melones Lake Tuolumne,
Calaveras		 38°00′02″N 120°31′12″W / 38.00056°N 120.52000°W / 38.00056; -120.52000[9] 2,400,000[10] 2.960 Stanislaus River New Melones Dam
San Luis Reservoir Merced 37°04′04″N 121°07′52″W / 37.06778°N 121.13111°W / 37.06778; -121.13111[11] 2,041,000[12] 2.518 San Luis Creekdouble-dagger[n 4] San Luis Dam
Don Pedro Reservoir Tuolumne 37°44′30″N 120°22′25″W / 37.74167°N 120.37361°W / 37.74167; -120.37361[13] 2,030,000[14] 2.504 Tuolumne River New Don Pedro Dam
Lake Berryessa Napa 38°31′53″N 122°09′49″W / 38.53139°N 122.16361°W / 38.53139; -122.16361[15] 1,602,000[16] 1.976 Putah Creek Monticello Dam
Lake Almanor Plumas 40°13′47″N 121°09′29″W / 40.22972°N 121.15806°W / 40.22972; -121.15806[17] 1,308,000[18] 1.613 North Feather River Canyon Dam
Folsom Lake Sacramento 38°43′26″N 121°07′03″W / 38.72389°N 121.11750°W / 38.72389; -121.11750[19] 1,120,200[20] 1.382 American River Folsom Dam
Lake McClure Mariposa 37°38′11″N 120°16′49″W / 37.63639°N 120.28028°W / 37.63639; -120.28028[21] 1,024,600[22] 1.264 Merced River New Exchequer Dam
Pine Flat Lake Fresno 36°49′57″N 119°19′33″W / 36.83250°N 119.32583°W / 36.83250; -119.32583[23] 1,000,000[24] 1.233 Kings River Pine Flat Dam
New Bullards Bar Reservoir Yuba 39°23′32″N 121°08′30″W / 39.39222°N 121.14167°W / 39.39222; -121.14167[25] 996,103[26] 1.229 North Yuba River New Bullards Bar Dam
Diamond Valley Lake Riverside 33°40′42″N 117°02′30″W / 33.67833°N 117.04167°W / 33.67833; -117.04167[27] 810,000[28] 0.999 Domenigoni Creekdouble-dagger[n 5] West Dam
Lake Tahoe[n 6] Placer, El Dorado, Douglas (NV)dagger, Washoe (NV)dagger 39°04′59″N 120°02′03″W / 39.08306°N 120.03417°W / 39.08306; -120.03417[29] 732,000[30] 0.903 Truckee River Lake Tahoe Dam
Lake Havasu San Bernardino, Mohave (AZ)dagger, La Paz (AZ)dagger 34°23′00″N 114°14′33″W / 34.38333°N 114.24250°W / 34.38333; -114.24250[31] 646,200[32] 0.797 Colorado River Parker Dam
Lake Isabella Kern 35°38′47″N 118°28′56″W / 35.64639°N 118.48222°W / 35.64639; -118.48222[33] 568,000[34] 0.701 Kern River Isabella Dam
Clear Lake Reservoir Modoc 41°50′59″N 121°10′14″W / 41.84972°N 121.17056°W / 41.84972; -121.17056[35] 527,000[36] 0.650 Lost River Clear Lake Dam
Millerton Lake Fresno, Madera 36°59′51″N 119°41′36″W / 36.99750°N 119.69333°W / 36.99750; -119.69333[37] 520,500[38] 0.642 San Joaquin River Friant Dam
Camanche Reservoir San Joaquin, Amador, Calaveras 38°13′26″N 120°58′04″W / 38.22389°N 120.96778°W / 38.22389; -120.96778[39] 431,000[40] 0.532 Mokelumne River Camanche Dam
Lake Sonoma Sonoma 38°43′05″N 123°00′34″W / 38.71806°N 123.00944°W / 38.71806; -123.00944[41] 381,000[42] 0.470 Dry Creek Warm Springs Dam
Lake Nacimiento San Luis Obispo 35°44′40″N 120°54′14″W / 35.74444°N 120.90389°W / 35.74444; -120.90389[43] 378,480[44] 0.467 Nacimiento River Nacimiento Dam
Hetch Hetchy Reservoir Tuolumne 37°56′21″N 119°43′32″W / 37.93917°N 119.72556°W / 37.93917; -119.72556[45] 360,000[46] 0.444 Tuolumne River O'Shaughnessy Dam
Lake San Antonio Monterey 35°52′13″N 121°00′19″W / 35.87028°N 121.00528°W / 35.87028; -121.00528[47] 335,000[48] 0.413 San Antonio River San Antonio Dam
Castaic Lake Los Angeles 34°31′12″N 118°36′23″W / 34.52000°N 118.60639°W / 34.52000; -118.60639[49] 323,700[50] 0.399 Castaic Creekdouble-dagger[n 7] Castaic Dam
New Hogan Lake Calaveras 38°09′03″N 120°48′47″W / 38.15083°N 120.81306°W / 38.15083; -120.81306[51] 317,000[52] 0.391 Calaveras River New Hogan Dam
Prado Flood Control Basin[n 8] Riverside 33°54′33″N 117°37′07″W / 33.90917°N 117.61861°W / 33.90917; -117.61861[53] 314,400[18] 0.389 Santa Ana River Prado Dam
Clear Lake[n 9] Lake 39°03′42″N 122°49′38″W / 39.06167°N 122.82722°W / 39.06167; -122.82722[54] 313,000[55] 0.386 Cache Creek Cache Creek Dam
Indian Valley Reservoir Lake 39°07′31″N 122°32′34″W / 39.12528°N 122.54278°W / 39.12528; -122.54278[56] 300,600[57] 0.371 North Fork Cache Creek Indian Valley Dam
Cherry Lake Tuolumne 38°00′20″N 119°54′25″W / 38.00556°N 119.90694°W / 38.00556; -119.90694[58] 274,300[59] 0.338 Cherry Creek Cherry Valley Dam
Lake Casitas Ventura 34°23′09″N 119°20′08″W / 34.38583°N 119.33556°W / 34.38583; -119.33556[60] 254,000[61] 0.313 Coyote Creekdouble-dagger[n 10] Casitas Dam
Whiskeytown Lake Shasta 40°37′41″N 122°33′51″W / 40.62806°N 122.56417°W / 40.62806; -122.56417[62] 241,100[4] 0.297 Clear Creekdouble-dagger[n 11] Whiskeytown Dam
Union Valley Reservoir El Dorado 38°52′35″N 120°24′00″W / 38.87639°N 120.40000°W / 38.87639; -120.40000[63] 230,000[18] 0.284 Silver Creekdouble-dagger[n 12] Union Valley Dam
Stampede Reservoir Sierra 39°28′38″N 120°08′26″W / 39.47722°N 120.14056°W / 39.47722; -120.14056[64] 226,500[65] 0.279 Little Truckee River Stampede Dam
Twitchell Reservoir Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo 35°00′44″N 120°18′25″W / 35.01222°N 120.30694°W / 35.01222; -120.30694[66] 224,300[67] 0.277 Cuyama River Twitchell Dam
Pardee Reservoir Amador, Calaveras 38°15′27″N 120°51′01″W / 38.25750°N 120.85028°W / 38.25750; -120.85028[68] 209,950[69] 0.259 Mokelumne River Pardee Dam
Hell Hole Reservoir Placer 39°03′33″N 120°24′35″W / 39.05917°N 120.40972°W / 39.05917; -120.40972[70] 208,400[71] 0.257 Rubicon River Hell Hole Dam
Lake Cachuma Santa Barbara 34°35′12″N 119°58′52″W / 34.58667°N 119.98111°W / 34.58667; -119.98111[72] 205,000[73] 0.253 Santa Ynez River Bradbury Dam

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Volume given is the maximum flood pool, not the operational or live storage capacity.
  2. ↑ Not always applicable to off-stream reservoirs.
  3. ↑ In the case of reservoirs with more than one main dam holding it back (e.g. Diamond Valley Lake), the name of the highest one will be given (in this case, the West Dam).
  4. ↑ San Luis Reservoir receives most of its water from the California Aqueduct.
  5. ↑ Diamond Valley Lake is the terminus of the Inland Feeder, part of the California State Water Project, and is also fed by the San Diego Aqueduct.
  6. ↑ This lake is natural, but was raised about 10 feet (3.0 m) by Lake Tahoe Dam, built in 1913.
  7. ↑ Castaic Lake receives most of its water from the West Branch California Aqueduct.
  8. ↑ The reservoir behind Prado Dam is usually empty or close to empty because its primary purpose is flood control. Typical wet season storage is only about 20,000 to 45,000 acre feet (0.025 to 0.056 km3).
  9. ↑ Clear Lake is a natural lake raised by Cache Creek Dam.
  10. ↑ Lake Casitas is fed by Coyote Creek and water diverted from the Ventura River, which Coyote Creek later flows into.
  11. ↑ Clear Creek provides a significant portion of the reservoir inflow, but more water enters via the Clear Creek Tunnel, which diverts water from the Trinity River.
  12. ↑ Most of the water supplying the reservoir is diverted from the Middle Fork American River through penstocks for power generation.

References

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  3. ↑ "Shasta Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 1981-01-19. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
  4. 1 2 "Shasta Dam Hydraulics and Hydrology". Shasta/Trinity River Division Project. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. 2009-06-04. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
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  7. ↑ "Trinity Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 1981-01-19. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
  8. ↑ "Shasta/Trinity River Division Project". Central Valley Project. U.S. Bureau of Division. 2011-04-21. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
  9. ↑ "New Melones Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 1981-01-19. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
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  11. ↑ "San Luis Reservoir". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 1981-01-19. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
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  13. ↑ "Don Pedro Reservoir". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 1981-01-19. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
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  15. ↑ "Lake Berryessa". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 2000-06-14. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
  16. ↑ "Monticello Dam". Solano Project. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. 2010-05-26. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
  17. ↑ "Lake Almanor". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 1981-01-19. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
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  31. ↑ "Lake Havasu". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 1981-01-19. Retrieved 2011-06-22.
  32. ↑ "Parker Dam". Parker-Davis Project. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. 2009-06-29. Retrieved 2011-06-22.
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  36. ↑ "Clear Lake Dam". Klamath Project. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. 2010-05-03. Retrieved 2011-06-22.
  37. ↑ "Millerton Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 1981-01-19. Retrieved 2011-06-22.
  38. ↑ "Friant Dam". Friant Division Project. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. 2009-06-04. Retrieved 2011-06-22.
  39. ↑ "Camanche Reservoir". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 1981-01-19. Retrieved 2011-06-22.
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  54. ↑ "Clear Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 1981-01-19. Retrieved 2011-06-22.
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