Lyons Dam
CountryUnited States
LocationTuolumne County, California
StatusOperational
Opening date1916
Water flowing through Lyon's Dam

Lyons Dam (National ID # CA00387) is a dam in Tuolumne County, California.

The concrete single-arch dam was constructed in 1930 by the Pacific Gas and Electric Company, with a height of 132 feet (40 m) and a length of 535 feet (163 m) at its crest.[1] It impounds the South Fork Stanislaus River for the municipal water supply of the Twain Harte, California area. Owned and operated by Pacific Gas and Electric Company, the largest private owner of hydroelectric facilities in the United States, it is one of the company's 174 dams.

The reservoir it creates, Lyons Reservoir, has a normal water surface of 184 acres (74 ha), and a maximum capacity of 6,400 acre-feet (7,900,000 m3).[2] Recreation includes fishing. The site is surrounded by the Stanislaus National Forest. In 2012, about 625 acres (253 ha) of adjacent land known as the Rushing Meadows parcel was transferred from PG&E's ownership to the National Forest Service, as part of the utility's bankruptcy settlement.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-02-19. Retrieved 2012-09-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-02-19. Retrieved 2012-09-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ↑ http://www.uniondemocrat.com/News/Local-News/Forest-Service-gets-land-transfer-nod

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