Tulloch Dam

Tulloch Dam
Overflow in April 2006
CountryUnited States
LocationCalaveras / Tuolumne counties, California
Coordinates37°52′35″N 120°36′18″W / 37.87639°N 120.60500°W / 37.87639; -120.60500
Opening date1958; 66 years ago (1958)
Dam and spillways
Type of damConcrete gravity
ImpoundsStanislaus River
Height205 ft (62 m)
Length1,914 ft (583 m)
Reservoir
CreatesLake Tulloch
Total capacity68,400 acre⋅ft (84,400,000 m3)
Active capacity67,000 acre⋅ft (83,000,000 m3)
Catchment area980 sq mi (2,500 km2)
Surface area1,280 acres (520 ha)
Normal elevation510 ft (160 m)
Power Station
Turbines2x vertical Francis
Installed capacity18 MW
Annual generation93 million KWh

Tulloch Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Stanislaus River in central California. The dam is part of the Stanislaus River Tri-Dam project cooperatively owned by the Oakdale and South San Joaquin Irrigation Districts, and was completed in 1958. It serves mainly for irrigation purposes but also has a power station with a capacity of 18 megawatts.[1] The dam is located just downstream of the New Melones Dam and upstream of the Goodwin Dam.

  1. ^ "Project Summary - Donnells & Beardsley". Energy NewsData. Retrieved 2011-10-23.