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Rollins Dam was built by Nevada Irrigation District as part of the Yuba-Bear hydroelectric Project in the 1960s. This project was created to bring flood control, water storage industrial/domestic, hydroelectricity, and recreation to the people in Nevada county. [5] The construction for the dam began in July 1963 and finished in December 1965.
Water from the upper Bear River and the Drum Canal pass through these dams and drive powerhouses at Drum, Dutch Flat and Chicago Park. Below Chicago Park Powerhouse, at the confluence of Greenhorn Creek, the Bear River is impounded by Rollins Dam, which forms a 66,000-acre-foot (0.081 km 3) reservoir. The reservoir stores water for irrigation ...
There are over 1,400 named dams and 1,300 named reservoirs in the state of California. Dams in service ... Rollins Dam: Bear River: Nevada: ... Villa Park Dam ...
This Development consists of an embankment dam on the Bear River known as Rollins Dam, Rollins Dam Spillway, and Rollins Reservoir, which has a surface area of 825 acres and 65,989 ac-ft of storage capacity. Rollins Reservoir also offers 332 camping site spread over 4 campgrounds.
Beaver Dam State Park: Lincoln: 2,182 883: 5,395 1,644: 1935: Preserves a section of Beaver Dam Wash in eastern Nevada's most remote state park. Berlin–Ichthyosaur State Park: Nye: 1,116 452: 6,975 2,126: 1957: Preserves in situ ichthyosaur fossils and the ghost town of Berlin. Big Bend of the Colorado State Recreation Area: Clark: 2,093 847: ...
South Fork State Recreation Area is a state park unit of the state of Nevada covering nearly four thousand acres, located five miles (8.0 km) due south of Elko. [4] The park comprises the 1,650-acre (670 ha) South Fork Reservoir [ 5 ] and surrounding marsh, meadowlands, and hills.
Beaver Dam State Park (Nevada) Berlin–Ichthyosaur State Park; Big Bend of the Colorado State Recreation Area; C. Cathedral Gorge State Park; Cave Lake State Park; D.
The park is located in a part of Nevada that in prehistoric times was under Lake Lahontan.When the lake had receded lower than the present-day reservoir, by about 23,000 years ago, animals such as camels, horses, rabbits, and squirrels would drink from the river, and some of their fossils have been found about 14 miles (23 km) north of the dam.