Sly Park Dam

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Sly Park Dam is an earthfill dam in El Dorado County, California, built to provide water storage, recreation, and flood control in the Sierra Nevada foothills.

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Sly Park Dam canonical 1

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Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf earthfill dam ⓘ
embankment dam ⓘ
basinCountry United States ⓘ
benefits local water supply reliability ⓘ
regional recreation opportunities ⓘ
constructionBegan 1953 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateCompleted 1955 ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
height about 190 feet ⓘ
impounds Jenkinson Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ
length about 760 feet ⓘ
locatedIn California ⓘ
El Dorado County, California ⓘ
Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
locatedOnWatercourse Sly Park Creek ⓘ
managingAgency United States Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ
material earthfill ⓘ
nearCity Pollock Pines, California ⓘ
operator El Dorado Irrigation District ⓘ
ownedBy United States Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ
partOf Central Valley Project ⓘ
Sly Park Unit ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
water storage ⓘ
recreationActivities boating ⓘ
camping ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
recreationArea Sly Park Recreation Area ⓘ
region Sierra Nevada ⓘ
reservoirCapacity about 41,000 acre-feet ⓘ
reservoirName Jenkinson Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ
reservoirSurfaceArea about 650 acres ⓘ
usedFor flood management ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
municipal water supply ⓘ
outdoor recreation ⓘ
watercourse Sly Park Creek ⓘ

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Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jenkinson Lake → createdBy → Sly Park Dam ⓘ