List of reservoirs and dams in California

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Reservoirs and dams in California in the United States, in alphabetical order of the reservoir's name.

							Height¹		Volume
Reservoir	Dam	River	County	Owner	Completed	Type	(ft)	(m)	(acre feet)	(thousand m³)
Almaden Reservoir	Almaden Dam	Alamitos Creek	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley Water District	1935	Earth	108	33	1,586	1,956
Anderson Lake	Leroy Anderson Dam	Coyote Creek	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley Water District	1950	Earth	235	72	91,280	112,590
Antelope Lake	Antelope Dam	Upper Indian Creek	Plumas	California Department of Water Resources	1965	Earth	120	?	22,566	?
Beardsley Lake	Beardsley Dam	Stanislaus River, Middle Fork	Tuolumne	Oakdale & South San Joaquin Irrigation Districts	1957	Earth and rock	278	85	70,600	87,000
Big Bear Lake	Big Bear Dam	Bear Creek	San Bernardino	Big Bear Municipal Water District	1912	Variable radius arch	72	22	73,000	90,000
Big Tujunga Reservoir	Big Tujunga Dam	Big Tujunga Creek	Los Angeles	Los Angeles County Department of Public Works	1931	Variable radius arch	208	63	5,750	7,090
Black Butte Reservoir	Black Butte Dam	Stony Creek	Tehama	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	1963	Earth	156	48	143,700	177,300
Bouquet Reservoir	Bouquet Canyon Dam	Bouquet Creek	Los Angeles	Los Angeles Department of Water and Power	1934	Earth	190	58	36,505	45,028
Brea Reservoir	Brea Dam	Santa Ana River	Orange	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	1942	Earth	87	27	4,009	4945
Briones Lake	Briones Dam	Bear Creek	Contra Costa	East Bay Municipal Utility District	1956	Earth	273	83	67,520	83,280
Brush Creek Reservoir	Brush Creek Dam	Brush Creek	El Dorado	Sacramento Municipal Utility District	1970	Variable radius arch	213	65	1,530	1,890
Bucks Lake	Bucks Dam	Bucks Creek	Plumas	Pacific Gas and Electric	1928	Rock-fill	122	37	103,000	127,000
Buena Vista Lake	Buena Vista Dam	Off-stream	Kern	J. Boswell & Tenneco West	1890	Earth	20	6	205,000	253,000
Calaveras Reservoir	Calaveras Dam	Calaveras Creek	Alameda	City and County of San Francisco	1925	Hydraulic fill	210	64	100,000	123,000
Calero Reservoir	Calero Dam	Calero Creek	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley Water District	1935	Earth	98	30	10,050	12,400
Camanche Reservoir	Camanche Dam	Mokelumne River	San Joaquin and Calaveras	East Bay Municipal Utility District	1963	Earth	171	52	417,120	514,510
Camp Far West Reservoir	Camp Far West Dam	Bear River	Yuba	South Sutter Water District	1963	Earth and rock	185	56	104,500	128,900
Canyon Lake	Railroad Canyon Dam	San Jacinto River	Riverside	Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District	1928	Variable radius arch	94	29	11,900	14,600
Carbon Canyon Reservoir	Carbon Canyon Dam	Carbon Canyon Creek	Orange	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	1961	Earth	99	30	6,615	8,160
Castaic Lake	Castaic Dam	Castaic Creek	Los Angeles	California Department of Water Resources	1973	Earth	340	104	323,700	399,300
Cherry Lake	Cherry Valley Dam	Cherry Creek	Tuolumne	City and County of San Francisco	1956	Earth and rock	315	96	273,500	337,400
Chesbro Reservoir	Chesbro Dam	Llagas Creek	Los Angeles	Santa Clara Valley Water District	1955	Earth and rock	95	29	8,952	11,042
Clear Lake	Clear Lake Impounding Dam	Cache Creek	Lake	Yolo County Flood Control and Water Conservation District	1914	Gravity	30	9	315,000	389,000
Clear Lake Reservoir	Clear Lake Dam	Lost River	Modoc	U.S. Bureau of Reclamation	1910	Rock-fill	32	10	451,000	556,000
Cogswell Reservoir	Cogswell Dam	San Gabriel River, West Fork	Los Angeles	Los Angeles County Department of Public Works	1935	Rock-fill	266	81	8,969	11,063
Courtright Reservoir	Courtright Dam	Helms Creek	Fresno	Pacific Gas and Electric	1958	Rock-fill	315	96	123,300	151,700
Coyote Reservoir	Coyote Dam	Coyote Creek	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley Water District	1936	Earth and rock	138	42	22,925	28,278
Diamond Valley Lake	Diamond Valley Dam	Domenigoni Valley Creek	Riverside	Metropolitan Water District of Southern California	1999	Earth and rock	284	87	800,000	987,000
Donnells Reservoir	Donnells Dam	Stanislaus River, Middle Fork	Tuolumne	Oakdale & South San Joaquin Irrigation Districts	1958	Variable radius arch	291	89	56,893	70,176
Eastman Lake	Buchanan Dam	Chowchilla River	Madera	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	1975	Earth and rock	192	59	150,000	185,000
El Capitan Reservoir	El Capitan Dam	San Diego River	San Diego	San Diego City	1934	Hydraulic fill	237	72	112,800	139,100
Englebright Lake	Englebright Dam	Yuba River	Yuba	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	1941	Variable radius arch	280	85	70,000	86,000
Folsom Lake	Folsom Dam	American River	Sacramento, Placer and El Dorado	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	1956	Gravity	275	84	975,000	1,203,000
French Meadows Reservoir	L.L. Anderson Dam	American River, Middle Fork	Placer	Placer County Water Authority	1965	Earth and rock	231	70	111,333	137,327
Guadalupe Reservoir	Guadalupe Dam	Guadalupe Creek	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley Water District	1935	Earth	129	39	3,228	3,982
Hansen Flood-Control Reservoir	Howard A. Hansen Dam	Tujunga Wash	Los Angeles	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	1940	Earth	97	30	25,446	31,387
Hensley Lake	Hidden Dam	Fresno River	Madera	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	1974	Earth	163	50	90,000	111,000
Hetch Hetchy Reservoir	O'Shaughnessy Dam	Tuolumne River	Tuolumne	City and County of San Francisco	1923	Gravity	312	95	360,000	444,000
Hollywood Reservoir	Mulholland Dam	Weid Canyon	Los Angeles	Los Angeles Department of Water and Power	1924	Gravity	195	59	4,036	4,978
Indian Valley Reservoir	Indian Valley Dam	Cache Creek, North Fork	Lake	Yolo County Flood Control and Water Conservation District	1976	Earth	222	68	300,000	370,000
Iron Canyon Reservoir	Iron Canyon Dam	Iron Canyon Creek	Shasta	Pacific Gas and Electric	1965	Earth	210	64	24,300	30,000
Jackson Meadows Reservoir	Jackson Meadows Dam	Yuba River, Middle Fork	Nevada	Nevada Irrigation District	1965	Rock-fill	195	59	52,500	64,800
Kent Lake	Peters Dam	Lagunitas Creek	Marin	Marin Municipal Water District	1954	Earth	230	70	32,900	40,600
Lake Almanor	Canyon Dam	Feather River, North Fork	Plumas	Pacific Gas and Electric	1927	Hydraulic fill	130	40	1,308,000	1,613,000
Lake Amador	Jackson Creek Dam	Jackson Creek	Amador	Jackson Valley Irrigation District	1965	Earth and rock	193	59	22,000	27,000
Lake Arrowhead	Lake Arrowhead Dam	Little Bear Creek	San Bernardino	Arrowhead Lake Association	1922	Hydraulic fill	190	58	48,000	59,000
Lake Berryessa	Monticello Dam	Putah Creek	Napa	U.S. Bureau of Reclamation	1957	Variable radius arch	255	78	1,602,000	1,976,000
Lake Cachuma	Bradbury Dam	Santa Ynez River	Santa Barbara	U.S. Bureau of Reclamation	1953	Earth	201	61	205,000	253,000
Lake Casitas	Casitas Dam	Coyote Creek	Ventura	U.S. Bureau of Reclamation	1959	Earth	279	85	254,000	313,000
Lake Crowley	Long Valley Dam	Owens River	Mono	Los Angeles Department of Water and Power	1941	Earth	126	38	183,465	226,300
Lake Del Valle	Del Valle Dam	Arroyo Valle	Alameda	California Department of Water Resources	1968	Earth	222	68	77,100	95,100
Lake Don Pedro	Don Pedro Dam	Tuolumne River	Tuolumne	Turlock Irrigation District	1971	Earth and rock	568	173	2,030,000	2,504,000
Lake Havasu	Parker Dam	Colorado River	San Bernardino and Mohave	U.S. Bureau of Reclamation	1938	Variable radius arch	75	23	648,000	799,000
Lake Hemet	Hemet Dam	San Jacinto River	Riverside	Lake Hemet Municipal Water District	1895	Masonry (arch)	135	41	8,100	9,800
Lake Henshaw	Henshaw Dam	San Luis Rey River	San Diego	Vista Irrigation District	1923	Hydraulic fill	123	37.5	53,400	65,700
Lake Hodges	Lake Hodges Dam	San Dieguito River	San Diego	City of San Diego	1918	Multiple arch	131	40	30,250	37,200
Lake Isabella	Isabella Dam	Kern River	Kern	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	1953	Earth	185	56	568,000	701,000
Lake Jennings	Chet Harritt Dam	Quail Canyon Creek	San Diego	Helix Water District	1962	Earth	200	61	9,790	12,080
Lake Kaweah	Terminus Dam	Kaweah River	Tulare	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	1962	Earth	255	78	143,000	176,000
Lake Loveland	Loveland Dam	Sweetwater River	San Diego	South Bay Irrigation District	1945	Variable radius arch	203	62	25,400	31,300
Lake Mathews	Mathews Dam	Cajalco Creek Tributary	Riverside	Metropolitan Water District of Southern California	1938	Earth	264	80	182,000	224,000
Lake McClure	New Exchequer Dam	Merced River	Mariposa	Merced Irrigation District	1967	Rock-fill	479	146	1,032,000	1,273,000
Lake Mendocino	Coyote Valley Dam	Russian River, East Fork	Mendocino	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	1959	Earth	164	50	122,400	151,000
Lake Nacimiento	Nacimiento Dam	Nacimiento River	San Luis Obispo	Monterey County Water Authority	1961	Rock-fill	210	64	350,000	432,000
Lake Oroville	Oroville Dam²	Feather River	Butte	California Department of Water Resources	1968	Earth	742	226	3,537,577	4,363,530
Lake Perris	Perris Dam	Bernasconi Pass	Riverside	California Department of Water Resources	1973	Earth	130	40	131,452	162,143
Lake Piru	Santa Felicia Dam	Piru Creek	Ventura	United Water Conservation District	1955	Earth	213	65	100,000	123,000
Lake Ramona	Ramona Dam	Green Valley Road Creek	San Diego	Ramona Municipal Water District	1988	Earth	228	69	12,200	15,000
Lake San Antonio	San Antonio Dam	San Antonio River	Monterey	Monterey County Water Authority	1965	Earth	202	62	350,000	432,000
Lake Shasta	Shasta Dam	Sacramento River	Shasta	U.S. Bureau of Reclamation	1945	Gravity	521	159	4,552,200	5,615,000
Lake Siskiyou	Box Canyon Dam	Sacramento River	Siskiyou	Siskiyou County Flood Control & Water Conservation District	1969	Gravity	204	62	26,000	32,000
Lake Skinner	Skinner Clearwell	offstream	Riverside	Metropolitan Water District of Southern California	1973/1991	Earth	44	13	44,200	54,400
Lake Sonoma	Warm Springs Dam	Dry Creek	Sonoma	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	1982	Earth	319	97	381,000	470,000
Lake Success	Success Dam	Tule River	Tulare	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	1961	Earth	142	43	82,300	101,500
Lake Tahoe	Lake Tahoe Dam	Truckee River	Placer	U.S. Bureau of Reclamation	1913	Gravity	14	4	122,160,280³	150,682,260
Lake Wishon	Wishon Dam	Kings River, North Fork	Fresno	Pacific Gas and Electric	1958	Rock-fill	265	81	118,000	146,000
Lexington Reservoir	James J. Lenihan Dam	Los Gatos Creek	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley Water District	1953	Earth	208	63	19,044	23,490
Little Grass Valley Reservoir	Little Grass Valley Dam	Feather River, South Fork	Plumas	Oroville-Wyandotte Irrigation District	1961	Rock-fill	210	64	93,010	114,730
Los Vaqueros Reservoir	Los Vaqueros Dam	Kellog Creek	Contra Costa	Contra Costa County Water District	1997	Earth	197	60	100,000	123,000
Lower Bear Reservoir	Lower Bear River Dam	Bear River, Lower	Amador	Pacific Gas and Electric	1952	Rock-fill	253	77	48,750	60,130
Lower Hell Hole Reservoir	Lower Hell Hole Dam	Rubicon River	Placer	Placer County Water Authority	1966	Rock-fill	410	125	208,400	257,100
Mammoth Pool Reservoir	Mammoth Pool Dam	San Joaquin River	Fresno and Madera	Southern California Edison	1960	Earth	406	124	123,000	152,000
Martis Creek Lake	Martis Creek Dam	Martis Creek	Nevada	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	1972	Earth	113	34	20,400	25,200
McCloud Reservoir	McCloud Dam	McCloud River	Shasta	Pacific Gas and Electric	1965	Earth and rock	240	73	35,300	43,500
McKay's Point Reservoir	McKay's Point Diversion Dam	Stanislaus River, North Fork	Calaveras	Calaveras County Water District	1989	Constant radius arch	233	71	2,100	2,600
Millerton Lake	Friant Dam	San Joaquin River	Fresno and Madera	U.S. Bureau of Reclamation	1942	Gravity	299	91	520,500	642,000
Morris Reservoir	Morris Dam	San Gabriel River	Los Angeles	Los Angeles County Department of Public Works	1935	Gravity	245	75	27,500	33,900
New Bullards Bar Reservoir	New Bullards Bar Dam	Yuba River, North Fork	Yuba	Yuba County Water Authority	1970	Variable radius arch	635	194	969,600	1,196,000
New Hogan Lake	New Hogan Dam	Calaveras River	Calaveras	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	1963	Earth	210	64	317,000	391,000
New Lake	New Lake Dam	Little Bear Creek	San Bernardino	San Bernardino County	1976	Earth	225	69	1,970	2,430
New Melones Reservoir	New Melones Dam	Stanislaus River	Calaveras	U.S. Bureau of Reclamation	1979	Rock-fill	578	176	2,400,000	2,960,000
New Spicer Meadows Reservoir	New Spicer Meadow Dam	Highland Creek	Tuolumne and Alpine	Calaveras County Water District	1989	Rock-fill	262	80	189,000	233,000
Olivenhain Reservoir	Olivenhain Dam	Escondido Creek Tributary	San Diego	San Diego County Water Authority	2003	Gravity	309	94	24,900	30,700
Pacoima Reservoir	Pacoima Dam	Pacoima Creek	Los Angeles	Los Angeles County Department of Public Works	1929	Variable radius arch	365	111	3,777	4,659
Pardee Lake	Pardee Dam	Mokelumne River	Amador	East Bay Municipal Utility District	1929	Gravity	345	105	179,950	221,960
Pine Flat Lake	Pine Flat Dam	Kings River	Fresno	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	1954	Gravity	440	134	1,000,000	1,230,000
Pit 7 Reservoir	Pit 7 Dam	Pit River	Shasta	Pacific Gas and Electric	1965	Gravity	230	70	34,000	42,000
Prado Reservoir	Prado Dam	Santa Ana River	Riverside and San Bernardino	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	1941	Rock-fill	106	32	314,400	387,800
Pyramid Lake	Pyramid Dam	Piru Creek	Los Angeles	California Department of Water Resources	1973	Earth and rock	386	118	180,000	222,000
Rollins Reservoir	Rollins Dam	Bear River	Nevada	Nevada Irrigation District	1965	Earth and rock	242	74	66,000	81,000
Salt Springs Reservoir	Salt Springs Dam	Mokelumne River, North Fork	Amador	Pacific Gas and Electric	1931	Rock-fill	332	101	141,900	175,000
San Antonio Reservoir	James H. Turner Dam	San Antonio Creek	Alameda	City and County of San Francisco	1964	Earth	193	59	50,500	62,300
San Antonio Reservoir	San Antonio Dam	San Antonio Creek	San Bernardino	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	1956	Earth	160	49	7,582	9,352
San Gabriel Reservoir	San Gabriel Dam No. 1	San Gabriel River	Los Angeles	Los Angeles County Department of Public Works	1938	Earth and rock	320	98	44,183	54,499
San Joaquin Reservoir	San Joaquin Reservoir Dam	Bonita Creek Tributary	Orange	Irvine Ranch Water District	1966	Earth	224	68	3,036	3,745
San Luis Reservoir	B.F. Sisk Dam (AKA San Luis Dam)	San Luis Creek	Merced	U.S. Bureau of Reclamation	1967	Earth	305	93	2,041,000	2,518,000
San Vicente Reservoir	San Vicente Dam	San Vicente Creek	San Diego	San Diego City	1943	Gravity	203	62	90,230	111,300
Santa Anita Reservoir	Big Santa Anita Dam	Rio Hondo Tributary	Los Angeles	Los Angeles County Department of Public Works	1927	Variable radius arch	225	69	858	1,058
Santa Fe Reservoir	Santa Fe Dam	San Gabriel River	Los Angeles	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	1947	Earth	92	28	30,887	38,098
Sepulveda Reservoir	Sepulveda Dam	Los Angeles River	Los Angeles	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	1941	Earth	57	17	17,425	21,493
Seven Oaks Reservoir	Seven Oaks Dam	Santa Ana River	San Bernardino	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	1999	Rock-fill	550	168	145,600	179,600
Shaver Lake	Shaver Dam	Stevenson Creek	Fresno	Southern California Edison	1927	Gravity	180	55	135,283	166,869
Silverwood Lake	Cedar Springs Dam	Mojave River, West Fork	San Bernardino	California Department of Water Resources	1971	Earth and rock	236	72	73,000	90,050
Slab Creek Reservoir	Slab Creek Dam	American River, South Fork	El Dorado	Sacramento Municipal Utility District	1967	Variable radius arch	233	71	16,600	20,500
Sly Creek Reservoir	Sly Creek Dam	Lost Creek	Butte	Oroville-Wyandotte Irrigation District	1961	Earth	271	83	65,050	80,240
Spaulding Lake	Spaulding Dam	Yuba River, South Fork	Nevada	Pacific Gas and Electric	1913	Variable radius arch	275	84	74,773	92,231
Stampede Lake	Stampede Dam	Little Truckee River	Sierra	U.S. Bureau of Reclamation	1970	Earth	226	69	226,500	279,400
Stevens Creek Reservoir	Stevens Creek Dam	Stevens Creek	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley Water District	1935	Earth	129	39	3,452	4,258
Thomas A. Edison Lake	Vermillion Valley Dam	Mono Creek	Fresno	Southern California Edison	1954	Earth	167	51	125,000	154,000
Trinity Lake	Trinity Dam	Trinity River	Trinity	U.S. Bureau of Reclamation	1962	Earth	457	139	2,447,650	3,019,130
Tulloch Reservoir	Tulloch Dam	Stanislaus River	Calaveras	Oakdale & South San Joaquin Irrigation Districts	1958	Gravity	205	62	68,400	84,400
Twitchell Reservoir	Twitchell Dam	Cuyama River	San Luis Obispo	U.S. Bureau of Reclamation	1958	Earth	211	64	240,000	296,035
Union Valley Reservoir	Union Valley Dam	Silver Creek	El Dorado	Sacramento Municipal Utility District	1963	Earth and rock	453	138	230,000	284,000
Unknown	Big Creek 7 Dam	San Joaquin River	Fresno	Southern California Edison	1951	Gravity	233	71	35,000	43,000
Unknown	Jamestown Mines Tailings Dam	Woods Creek Tributary	Tuolumne	Tuolumne County	1994	Rock-fill	200	61	12,100	14,900
Unknown	Mojave River Dam	Mojave River, West Fork	San Bernardino	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	1971	Earth	204	62	89,700	110,600
Uvas Reservoir	Uvas Dam	Uvas Creek	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley Water District	1957	Earth and rock	105	32	9,935	12,255
Vail Lake	Vail Dam	Temecula Creek	Riverside	Rancho California Water District	1949	Variable radius arch	152	46	50,000	61,500
Vasona Reservoir	Vasona Dam	Los Gatos Creek	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley Water District	1935	Earth and rock	30	9	400	490
Whale Rock Reservoir	Whale Rock Dam	Old Creek	San Luis Obispo	Whale Rock Commission	1960	Earth	193	59	40,662	50,156
Whiskeytown Lake	Whiskeytown Dam	Clear Creek	Shasta	U.S. Bureau of Reclamation	1963	Earth	263	80	241,100	297,400
Whittier Narrows Reservoir	Whittier Narrows Dam	San Gabriel River	Los Angeles	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	1957	Earth	56	17	67,060	82,720

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[edit] Notes

The "height" listed is the vertical distance from the crest of the dam to the original stream bed at the downstream toe of the dam.
Oroville Dam is the tallest dam in the United States.
Lake Tahoe is a natural lake and the dam only adds a capacity of 732,000 acre-feet and only controls the top 6 feet of the lake.