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Dossier #3002 · GRanD 585

Buchanan Dam

🇺🇸United States · Chowchilla River River

Built 1975 · Dam · data quality: Good

IrrigationFlood controlRecreation
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
66 m
Crest length
532 m
Reservoir capacity
185 MCM
Reservoir area
5.3 km²
Average depth
35.2 m
Catchment
621 km²
Avg discharge
6,694 L/s
Elevation
172 masl
Degree of regulation
87.6 %

Notes

Built 1975

Provenance

Record 3002 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 37.2195, -119.9843.