Oroville Dam

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Oroville Dam is a large earthfill embankment dam on the Feather River in Northern California, serving as a key water storage, flood control, and hydroelectric facility.

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Generate an image of Oroville Dam (Oroville Dam is a large earthfill embankment dam on the Feather River in Northern California, serving as a key water storage, flood control, and hydroelectric facility.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf earthfill dam ⓘ
embankment dam ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
reservoir dam ⓘ
baseWidth approximately 3,500 feet ⓘ
constructionMaterial earthfill ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1961 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crestElevation approximately 922 feet above sea level ⓘ
crestWidth approximately 44 feet ⓘ
downstreamCity Oroville, California ⓘ
evacuationOrderDate February 2017 ⓘ
hasAuxiliarySpillway yes ⓘ
height approximately 235 meters ⓘ
approximately 770 feet ⓘ
impounds Lake Oroville ⓘ
installedCapacity approximately 819 megawatts ⓘ
length approximately 2,110 meters ⓘ
approximately 6,920 feet ⓘ
locatedIn Butte County, California ⓘ
linked to: Butte County

California ⓘ
locatedNear Oroville, California ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Feather River ⓘ
managingAgency California Natural Resources Agency ⓘ
notableEvent 2017 spillway damage and evacuation incident ⓘ
numberOfSpillwayGates 8 ⓘ
openingDate 1968 ⓘ
operator California Department of Water Resources ⓘ
owner California Department of Water Resources ⓘ
partOf California State Water Project ⓘ
linked to: State Water Project
powerPlantName Edward Hyatt Powerplant ⓘ
linked to: Hyatt Powerplant
powerPlantType underground power station ⓘ
providesFloodProtectionTo downstream communities along the Feather River ⓘ
providesIrrigationWaterTo agricultural users in Central and Southern California ⓘ
providesWaterSupplyFor municipal and industrial users in California ⓘ
providesWaterTo State Water Project aqueduct system ⓘ
linked to: State Water Project
purpose flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
water storage ⓘ
regionServed Central Valley of California ⓘ
linked to: Central Valley

San Joaquin Valley ⓘ
reservoirCapacity approximately 3,537,000 acre-feet ⓘ
reservoirName Lake Oroville ⓘ
reservoirSurfaceArea approximately 15,800 acres ⓘ
riverBasin Sacramento River Basin ⓘ
spillwayType gated concrete chute spillway ⓘ
status operational ⓘ

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State Water Project → hasComponent → Oroville Dam ⓘ
Butte County → contains → Oroville Dam ⓘ
SWP → includesComponent → Oroville Dam ⓘ
Burns-Porter Act → relatedTo → Oroville Dam ⓘ
Hyatt Powerplant → locatedAt → Oroville Dam ⓘ
Hyatt Powerplant → associatedWith → Oroville Dam complex ⓘ
linked to: Oroville Dam
Hyatt Powerplant → isMajorComponentOf → Oroville Facilities of the State Water Project ⓘ
linked to: Oroville Dam
Lake Oroville → formedBy → Oroville Dam ⓘ
Lake Oroville → createdByProject → Oroville Dam Project ⓘ
linked to: Oroville Dam
Lake Oroville → hasSpillway → Oroville Dam emergency spillway ⓘ
linked to: Oroville Dam
Lake Oroville → connectedInfrastructure → Oroville–Thermalito Complex ⓘ
linked to: Oroville Dam
Oroville → nearbyStructure → Oroville Dam ⓘ
Feather River → hasDam → Oroville Dam ⓘ
Feather River Fish Hatchery → constructedAsPartOf → Oroville Dam project ⓘ
linked to: Oroville Dam
Oroville-Thermalito Complex → hasPart → Oroville Dam ⓘ
Oroville-Thermalito Complex → hasSpillway → Oroville Dam main spillway ⓘ
linked to: Oroville Dam
Oroville-Thermalito Complex → hasEmergencySpillway → Oroville Dam emergency spillway ⓘ
linked to: Oroville Dam
Feather River headwaters → upstreamOf → Oroville Dam ⓘ