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Dossier #809 · GRanD 182

Folsom

🇺🇸United States · American River River

Built 1955 · Dam · data quality: Good

IrrigationHydroelectricityWater supplyFlood controlRecreation
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
104 m
Crest length
580 m
Reservoir capacity
1.1 km³
Reservoir area
33.7 km²
Average depth
32.7 m
Catchment
4,822 km²
Avg discharge
93,684 L/s
Elevation
130 masl
Degree of regulation
37.3 %

Notes

Built 1955

Provenance

Record 809 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 38.7104, -121.1562.