Box Canyon Dam (California)

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Box Canyon Dam (California)
Official name Box Canyon Dam[1]
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 41.27917° N 122.32778° W[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]

Box Canyon Dam, satellite view
Box Canyon Dam, satellite view


[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Box Canyon Dam NPDP Dam Directory. Accessed 2008-01-04.
  2. ^ a b Place names list Accessed 2008-01-04.
  3. ^ 360 degree view of Box Canyon Dam accessed 2008-01-04.