Irrigation Dams in California

California has 52 irrigation dams, of which 26 carry a high hazard classification. The dam stores and diverts water for agricultural irrigation, supporting farming operations in the surrounding area.

#	Dam	County	Height (ft)	Hazard	Condition	Year
1	Hell Hole	Placer	410	High	Fair	1966
2	Monticello Dam	Napa	304	High	Not assessed	1957
3	Bradbury Dam	Santa Barbara	279	High	Not assessed	1953
4	Stampede Dam	Sierra	239	High	Not assessed	1970
5	L. L. Anderson	Placer	231	High	Satisfactory	1965
6	Indian Valley	Lake	225	High	Fair	1975
7	Camp Far West	Yuba	203	High	Fair	1963
8	Jackson Creek	Amador	193	High	Satisfactory	1965
9	Virginia Ranch	Yuba	172	High	Satisfactory	1963
10	Dutch Flat Afterbay	Nevada	165	Low	Satisfactory	1965
11	Glen Anne Dam	Santa Barbara	135	High	Not assessed	1953
12	Bowman Arch	Nevada	109	High	Satisfactory	1927
13	Dutch Flat Forebay	Nevada	105	Low	Satisfactory	1966
14	Lake Combie	Nevada	100	High	Fair	1928
15	French Lake	Nevada	95	High	Satisfactory	1859
16	Ralston Afterbay	Placer	89	High	Fair	1966
17	Imperial Diversion Dam	Imperial	85	High	Not assessed	1938
18	Funks Dam	Colusa	80	Low	Not assessed	1975
19	Middle Fork Interbay	Placer	71	Low	Satisfactory	1966
20	San Justo Dike	San Benito	69	High	Not assessed	1987
21	Chicago Park Forebay	Nevada	60	Low	Satisfactory	1966
22	Rainbow Diversion Dam	Colusa	54	Low	Not assessed	1914
23	King Ridge Road	Sonoma	52	Low	Fair
24	Red Bluff Diversion	Tehama	52	Low	Not assessed	1963
25	Upper Wilcox	Madera	48	High	Satisfactory	1930
26	Clear Lake	Lake	43	Low	Satisfactory	1914
27	Casitas Saddle Dike	Ventura	43	Low	Not assessed	1959
28	Veeder Hills Dam	Napa	42	Significant	Satisfactory
29	Bassett Brown	Napa	36	Significant	Fair	1990
30	Duncan Creek Diversion	Placer	32	Low	Satisfactory	1965
31	Carpinteria Dam	Santa Barbara	31	High	Not assessed	1953
32	Jackson Lake	Nevada	29	High	Satisfactory	1943
33	Terminal Dam	Solano	28	Low	Not assessed	1959
34	Johnson Ranch	Mendocino	26	High	Fair
35	Antelope Reservoir Dam (BLM)	Shasta	26	Low	Not assessed
36	Walker Creek	Marin	25	Low	Satisfactory	1976
37	Dorris Dam	Modoc	25	High	Fair	1930
38	Janes Flat	Modoc	22	Significant	Not assessed	1918
39	West Side Detention Dike 3	Riverside	22	Low	Not assessed	1970
40	Orwick Dam (BLM)	Tehama	22	Low	Not assessed	1950
41	Lake Tahoe Dam	Placer	18	High	Not assessed	1913
42	East Park-coleman Dike	Colusa	16	High	Not assessed	1910
43	Reservoir M	Modoc	13	Low	Not assessed	1977
44	Lauer	Modoc	13	High	Not assessed	1895
45	Clear Lake Dike 1	Modoc	13	High	Not assessed	1910
46	Mem Dike	Tehama	13	Undetermined	Satisfactory	1976
47	Kangaroo Lake	Siskiyou	12	Low	Not assessed	1876
48	Everly	Modoc	9	Low	Not assessed	1980
49	Sawmill Spillway	Nevada	9	Low	Satisfactory	1910
50	Reservoir N	Modoc	7	Low	Not assessed	1977
51	Cummings Res No 2	Modoc	7	Low	Not assessed	1910
52	Faucherie Spillway Auxiliary	Nevada	3	High	Satisfactory	1966

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