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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.
The Bear River is a tributary of the Feather River in the Sierra Nevada, winding through four California counties: Yuba, Sutter, Placer, and Nevada.About 73 miles (117 km) long, the river flows generally southwest through the Sierra then west through the Central Valley, draining a narrow, rugged watershed of 295 square miles (760 km 2).
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.
Reservoir Dam River County Owner Completed Type Height of dam [a] Reservoir capacity (ft) (m) (acre ft) (1,000 m 3) ; Almaden Reservoir: Almaden Dam: Alamitos Creek
Centennial Dam was a proposed dam on the border of Placer County and Nevada County in Northern California near Colfax.The contingent reservoir would have created by a 275-foot (84 m) dam along the Bear River between two existing reservoirs — Lake Combie and Rollins Reservoir — and would hold 110,000 acre-feet (140,000,000 m 3).
Pages in category "Reservoirs in Nevada County, California" ... Rollins Dam; S. Scotts Flat Reservoir; Lake Spaulding Dam
Around 1.3 million gallons of water were pouring over the dam each second at 11 p.m., according to the Tennessee Valley Authority. The peak daily water flow of Niagara Falls is around 700,000 ...
Pages in category "Dams in Nevada County, California" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. ... Rollins Dam This page was last ...