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Central Valley Project
Statistical summary of Army Corp units integrated into the Central Valley Project

Pine Flat Dam and Lake

Type	Concrete gravity
Height	430 ft
Length	1,820 ft
Total volume	2,200,000 yd³
Reservoir cap.	1,000,000 acre-ft
Surface area	5,970 acres
Year completed	1954

Terminus Dam and Lake Kaweah

Type	Earth and rock fill
Height	250 ft
Length	2,375 ft
Total volume	7,000,000 yd³
Reservoir cap.	143,000 acre-ft
Surface area	1,945 acres
Year completed	1962

Isabella Dam and Lake Isabella

Type	Earthfill
Height	185 ft
Length	1,725 ft
Total volume	4,750,000 yd³
Reservoir cap.	568,000 acre-ft
Surface area	14,000 acres
Year completed	1953

Success Dam and Lake

Type	Earthfill
Height	200 ft
Length	3,490 ft
Total volume	5,560,000 yd³
Reservoir cap.	82,300 acre-ft
Surface area	2,406 acres
Year completed	1961

New Hogan Dam and Lake

Type	Earth and rock fill
Height	200 ft
Length	1,960 ft
Total volume	2,470,000 yd³
Reservoir cap.	317,000 acre-ft
Surface area	4,410 acres
Year completed	1964

Hidden Dam and Hensly Lake

Type	Earthfill
Height	163 ft
Length	5,730 ft
Total volume	6,486,000 yd³
Reservoir cap.	90,000 acre-ft
Surface area	1,570 acres
Year completed	1974


	Buchanan Dam and H.V. Eastman Lake

Type	Earth and rock fill
Height	205 ft
Length	1,800 ft
Total volume	2,224,000 yd³
Reservoir cap.	150,000 acre-ft
Surface area	1,780 acres
Year completed	1975

Source

United States Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation. Statistical Compilation of Engineering Features on Bureau of Reclamation Projects. Denver: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1990.

United States Army Corps of Engineers, Water Resources Development in California 1993. US Army Corps of Engineers, South Pacific Division, 1993.


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