- Source: Sly Creek Dam
Sly Creek Dam (National ID # CA00272) is a dam in Butte County, California.
The earthen rockfill dam was completed in 1961 (1961) by the local public utility, the South Feather Water and Power Agency, formerly known as the Oroville-Wyandotte Irrigation District. The dam stands 289 feet (88 m) high and 1,235 feet (376 m) long at its crest. It impounds Lost Creek for irrigation storage and hydroelectric power, along with the smaller Lost Creek Dam immediately downstream.
The reservoir it creates, Sly Creek Reservoir, has a water surface of 562 acres (227 ha) and a maximum capacity of 65,000 acre-feet (80,000,000 m3). Recreation includes fishing, camping and hiking. The site is surrounded by the Plumas National Forest.
See also
List of dams and reservoirs in California
List of lakes in California
References
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- Sly Creek Dam
- Lost Creek Dam
- Sly Park Dam
- List of dams and reservoirs in California
- List of lakes of California
- Cosumnes River
- List of United States Bureau of Reclamation dams
- Fall Creek (Indiana)
- Noblesville Township, Hamilton County, Indiana
- List of rivers of California