Box Canyon Dam (California)
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Box Canyon Dam (California) | |
Official name | Box Canyon Dam[1] |
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Impounds | Sacramento River[1] |
Creates | Lake Siskiyou |
Locale | Mt. Shasta, California |
Maintained by | Siskiyou County, California[1] |
Length | 1,100 ft (340 m)[1] |
Height | 209 ft (64 m)[1] |
Opening date | 1970[1] |
Reservoir information | |
Capacity | 26,000 acre-feet[1] |
Surface area | 430 acres (170 ha)[1] |
Geographical Data | |
Coordinates | [2] |
Box Canyon Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Sacramento River, in the far northern part of the U.S state of California, near Mt. Shasta, California, forming Lake Siskiyou.[1][2][3]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Box Canyon Dam NPDP Dam Directory. Accessed 2008-01-04.
- ^ a b Place names list Accessed 2008-01-04.
- ^ 360 degree view of Box Canyon Dam accessed 2008-01-04.