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Oroville Dam. Oroville Dam is an earthfill embankment dam on the Feather River east of the city of Oroville, California, in the Sierra Nevada foothills east of the Sacramento Valley. At 770 feet (235 m) high, it is the tallest dam in the U.S. [8] and serves mainly for water supply, hydroelectricity generation, and flood control.
Oroville Dam, an important part of the California State Water Project, is an earthen embankment dam on the Feather River, east of the city of Oroville in Northern California. The dam is used for flood control, water storage, hydroelectric power generation, and water quality improvement in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta. [1]:
Lake Oroville [1] is a reservoir formed by the Oroville Dam impounding the Feather River, located in Butte County, northern California. The lake is situated 5 miles (8 km) northeast of the city of Oroville , within the Lake Oroville State Recreation Area , in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada .
The Oroville Dam opened in 1968 and is the tallest dam in the U.S. at 770 feet. Located just northeast of Oroville city limits, water from the dam’s main spillway flows into the Feather River.
The California Department of Water Resources on Wednesday began releasing water from Oroville Dam’s main spillway. ... The Lake Oroville reservoir is the largest storage facility in the State ...
February 26, 2024 at 9:00 AM. Curtis Knight. Earth is sending us a message: It’s time to heal watersheds that 20th Century engineers fundamentally disrupted when they thought they could outsmart ...
The Feather River is the principal tributary of the Sacramento River, in the Sacramento Valley of Northern California. The river's main stem is about 73 miles (117 km) long. [7] Its length to its most distant headwater tributary is just over 210 miles (340 km). [7] The main stem Feather River begins in Lake Oroville, where its four long ...
Reservoir levels at Oroville stand at about 840 feet — 60 feet shy of the maximum. As California gets drenched, officials opening Oroville Dam spillway for first time in 4 years Skip to main content