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Rodgers Crossing Dam was a major dam proposed for the Kings River in Central California. The dam would have been situated at the unincorporated community of Rodgers Crossing in Fresno County, in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada 30 miles (48 km) east of Fresno. The project was pushed during the 1960s and 1970s by the Kings River Conservation ...
Dam on Kings River at head of Peoples' Ditch, 1905. The Kings River country was not an attractive site for early settlers, because for most of its lower course the river flows in an incised channel between low bluffs (an area known as the Centerville Bottoms), leaving the surrounding plains high and dry, suitable only for livestock grazing. [22]
The North Fork Kings River is a 40.3-mile (64.9 km) [2] tributary of the Kings River, in the U.S. state of California. The river's main stem is entirely within Fresno County , and its watershed drains about 387 square miles (1,000 km 2 ) of the southern Sierra Nevada mountain range.
The Harris River Ranch property, over 7,000 acres near the Kings River along Trimmer Springs Road, has been proposed as a special study area and added to the Fresno County general plan.
The Kings River — a major river in central California, flowing from the Sierra Nevada into the San Joaquin Valley, within Fresno County and Kings County. Part of the San Joaquin River Basin and Tulare Basin watersheds, with notable diversions into the Central Valley Project .
Los Padres Dam Carmel River: Monterey: California American Water Company: 1949 Earth 148 45 1,775 [8] 2,189 Los Vaqueros Reservoir (expanded) Los Vaqueros Dam: off stream reservoir storing Delta diversions: Contra Costa: Contra Costa Water District: 2012 [9] Earth: 218: 70: 160,000: 200,000 Lower Bear River Reservoir: Lower Bear River Dam: Bear ...
The South Fork Kings River is a 44.1-mile (71.0 km) [2] tributary of the Kings River in the Sierra Nevada of Fresno County, California.The river forms part of Kings Canyon, the namesake of Kings Canyon National Park and one of the deepest canyons in North America with a maximum relief of 8,200 feet (2,500 m) from rim to river.
The Roaring River is a 16.6-mile (26.7 km) [2] long tributary of the South Fork Kings River, in the Sierra Nevada of Fresno County, California. The entire course of the river is within Kings Canyon National Park .