Whiskeytown Dam

Whiskeytown Dam
LocationShasta County, California, United States
Coordinates40°35′55.8″N 122°32′22.3″W / 40.598833°N 122.539528°W / 40.598833; -122.539528
Construction began1960; 64 years ago (1960)
Opening date1963; 61 years ago (1963)
Owner(s)U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Dam and spillways
Type of damEmbankment
ImpoundsClear Creek
Height282 ft (86 m)[1]
Length1,228 ft (374 m)[1]
Spillway typeGlory-hole
Spillway capacity28,650 cu ft/s (811 m3/s)[2]
Reservoir
CreatesWhiskeytown Lake
Total capacity241,100 acre-feet (297,400 dam3)[3]
Catchment area202.5 sq mi (524 km2)[2]
Surface area3,220 acres (1,300 ha)[4]
Power Station
Commission date1964[5]
Hydraulic head566 ft (173 m)[5]
Turbines2x 90 MW at Spring Creek Powerplant[5]
Installed capacity180 MW[5]
Annual generation274,224,000 KWh[5]

Whiskeytown Dam (officially Clair A. Hill Whiskeytown Dam)[6] is an earthfill dam on Clear Creek, a tributary of the Sacramento River of northern California in the United States.

President Kennedy speaks at the dam's dedication on September 28, 1963

The dam is located about 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Redding, and impounds Whiskeytown Lake on the southern flank of the Trinity Mountains. The dam is 282 feet (86 m) high, with a storage capacity of 241,100 acre-feet (297,400 dam3) of water.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Whiskeytown Dam Dimensions". Shasta/Trinity River Division Project. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. 2009-06-04. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
  2. ^ a b "Whiskeytown Dam Hydraulics & Hydrology". Shasta/Trinity River Division Project. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. 2009-06-04. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
  3. ^ a b "Shasta/Trinity River Division Project". Central Valley Project. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. 2011-04-21. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
  4. ^ "Whiskeytown Dam (USBR) (WHI)". California Data Exchange Center. California Department of Water Resources. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Spring Creek Powerplant". Shasta/Trinity River Division Project. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. 2009-05-13. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
  6. ^ Stene, Eric A. (1996). "Trinity Division: Central Valley Project" (PDF). Bureau of Reclamation History Program. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Retrieved 2012-06-05.