Don Pedro Reservoir
Don Pedro Reservoir | ||
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Primary inflows Tuolumne River | | |
Primary outflows | Tuolumne River | |
Catchment area | 1,500 sq mi (3,900 km2) | |
Basin countries | United States | |
Surface area | 13,000 acres (5,300 ha) | |
Water volume | 2,030,000 acre⋅ft (2.50 km3) | |
Shore length1 | 160 mi (260 km) | |
Surface elevation | 245 m (804 ft) | |
Islands | Laughlin Ridge | |
References | U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Don Pedro Reservoir | |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
Don Pedro Reservoir, also known as Lake Don Pedro, is a reservoir formed by the construction of the New Don Pedro Dam across the Tuolumne River in Tuolumne County, California, United States.[1]
The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment has issued a safety advisory for any fish caught in Don Pedro Reservoir due to elevated levels of mercury and PCBs.[2]
Geography
The reservoir is located in the foothills of the
Also referenced as Don Pedro Lake when the name is qualified, the first projects in 1923 are generally referred to as the Old
When full, the reservoir's shoreline is approximately 160 mi (260 km).[5] The reservoir submerges some 26 mi (42 km) of Tuolumne River bed, and has a surface area of about 13,000 acres (5,300 ha). The 2,030,000 acre⋅ft (2.50 km3) stored here comes from a watershed of over 1,500 sq mi (3,900 km2), and is used by the Modesto Irrigation District (MID) and the Turlock Irrigation District (TID) for the irrigation of several hundred square miles of San Joaquin Valley farm land.
Some of the water is treated by the MID and used as drinking water in
Recreation
The Don Pedro Recreation Area is operated in and around the lake by the
There are three public
Hetch Hetchy project
While Don Pedro Reservoir is not part of the
See also
- List of dams and reservoirs in California
- List of largest reservoirs of California
- Tuolumne River topics
References
- ^ Sukhwant Virk; Josh Hinkey (31 August 2007). "Don Pedro Dam". UC Davis. Archived from the original on 10 June 2010. Retrieved 2009-04-09.
- ^ Admin, OEHHA (2018-02-13). "Don Pedro Lake". oehha.ca.gov. Retrieved 2018-11-07.
- OCLC 16224503. Retrieved 2009-04-09.
- ^ Who was Don Pedro? Archived 2012-03-06 at the Wayback Machine Don Pedro Recreation Agency
- ^ Department of Water Resources (2009). "Station Meta Data: Don Pedro Reservoir (DNP)". California Data Exchange Center. State of California. Retrieved 2009-04-01.
- ^ a b "Don Pedro Lake Recreation Agency: Reservoir Recreation Map" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-05-28. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
- ^ "Don Pedro Lake Recreation Agency: Shoreline Lakeview Trail Map" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-01. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
- ^ Don Pedro Recreation Area: Boating webpage
External links
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Don Pedro Reservoir
- Official Don Pedro Lake Recreation Agency website
- Don Pedro Lake Recreation Agency: Don Pedro Recreation Area access + recreation facilities Map Archived 2015-05-28 at the Wayback Machine
- Turlock Irrigation District
- Modesto Irrigation District
- Virtualguidebooks.com: "The Highway 49/120 Bridge over Don Pedro Reservoir"