| New Melones Lake | |
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  New Melones Lake  New Melones Lake | |
| Location | Calaveras County, California Tuolumne County, California |
| Coordinates | 37°59′56″N 120°31′16″W / 37.9990°N 120.5212°W |
| Lake type | Reservoir |
| Primary inflows | Stanislaus River |
| Primary outflows | |
| Catchment area | 2,300 km2 (890 sq mi) |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Max. length | 12 km (7.5 mi) |
| Max. width | 4 km (2.5 mi) |
| Surface area | 5,100 ha (13,000 acres) |
| Water volume | 2,400,000 acre⋅ft (3,000,000 dam3) |
| Shore length1 | 160 km (99 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 331 m (1,086 ft) |
| References | U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: New Melones Lake |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
New Melones Lake is a reservoir on the Stanislaus River in the central Sierra Nevada foothills, within Calaveras County and Tuolumne County, California.
The New Melones Dam and reservoir are a water collection and transfer unit of the United States Bureau of Reclamation's Central Valley Project. New Melones Lake provides irrigation water, hydroelectric power, flood control, and wildlife habitat. Recreation uses include fishing, camping, and boating within the Glory Hole Recreation Area and Tuttletown Recreation Area.
The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has developed a safe eating advisory for fish caught in New Melones Lake based on levels of mercury or PCBs found in the fish species.[1]
- ^ Admin, OEHHA (2014-12-30). "New Melones Reservoir". OEHHA. Retrieved 2018-06-13.