Reservoirs and dams in California

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Reservoirs and dams in California, ordered by height

						Height		Volume
Dam	River	County	Owner	Completed	Type	(ft)	(m)	(acre feet)	(million m³)
Oroville Dam¹	Feather River	Butte	California Dept of Water Resources	1968	Earth	742	226	3,537,577	4,364
New Bullards Bar Dam	North Yuba River	Yuba	Yuba County Water Authority	1970	Variable radius arch	635	194	969,600	1,196
New Melones Dam	Stanislaus River	Calaveras	USBR	1979	Rock	578	176	2,400,000	2,960
Don Pedro Dam	Tuolumne River	Tuolumne	Turlock Irrigation District	1971	Earth and rock	568	173	2,030,000	2,504
Seven Oaks Dam	Santa Ana River	San Bernadino	U.S. Corps of Engineers	1999	Rock	550	168	145,600	180
Shasta Dam	Sacramento River	Shasta	USBR	1945	Gravity	521	159	4,552,200	5,615
New Exchequer Dam	Merced River	Mariposa	Merced Irrigation District	1967	Rock-fill	479	146	1,032,000	1,273
Trinity Dam	Trinity River	Trinity	USBR	1962	Earth	457	139	2,447,650	3,019
Union Valley Dam	Silver Creek	El Dorado	Sacramento MUD	1963	Earth and rock	453	138	230,000	284
Pine Flat Dam	Kings River	Fresno	U.S. Corps of Engineers	1954	Gravity	440	134	1,000,000	1,233
Lower Hell Hole Dam	Rubicon River	Placer	Placer County Water Authority	1966	Rock-fill	410	125	208,400	257
Mammoth Pool Dam	San Joaquin River	Fresno	So. California Edison Co.	1960	Earth	406	124	123,000	152
Pyramid Dam	Piru Creek	Los Angeles	California Dept of Water Resources	1973	Earth and rock	386	118	180,000	222
Pacoima Dam	Pacoima Creek	Los Angeles	Los Angeles County DPW	1929	Variable radius arch	365	111	3,777	4.66
Pardee Dam	Mokelumne River	Amador	East Bay MUD	1929	Gravity	345	105	179,950	222
Castaic Dam	Castaic Creek	Los Angeles	California Dept of Water Resources	1973	Earth	340	104	323,700	399
Salt Springs Dam	North Fork Mokelumne River	Amador	PG&E	1931	Rock-fill	332	101	141,900	175
San Gabriel Dam No. 1	San Gabriel River	Los Angeles	Los Angeles County DPW	1938	Earth and rock	320	98	44,183	54.5
Warm Springs Dam	Dry Creek	Sonoma	U.S. Corps of Engineers	1982	Earth	319	97	381,000	470
Cherry Valley Dam	Cherry Creek	Tuolumne	City & Co. of San Francisco	1956	Earth and rock	315	96	273,500	337
Courtright Dam	Helms Creek	Fresno	PG&E	1958	Rock-fill	315	96	123,300	152
O'Shaughnessy Dam	Tuolumne River	Tuolumne	City & Co. of San Francisco	1923	Gravity	312	95	360,000	444
Olivenhain Dam	TR Escondido Creek	San Diego	San Diego County Water Authority	2003	Gravity	309	94	24,900	30.7
B.F. Sisk Dam (AKA San Luis Dam)	San Luis Creek	Merced	USBR	1967	Earth	305	93	2,041,000	2,518
Friant Dam	San Joaquin River	Fresno	USBR	1942	Gravity	299	91	520,500	642
Donnells Dam	MFK Stanislaus River	Tuolumne	Oakdale & So. San Joaquin ID	1958	Variable radius arch	291	89	56,893	70.2