Boca Dam

Boca Dam
Location	Tahoe National Forest Nevada County, California
Construction began	1937; 88 years ago (1937)
Opening date	1939; 86 years ago (1939)
Operator(s)	Bureau of Reclamation
Dam and spillways
Impounds	Little Truckee River
Height	93 ft (28 m)
Length	1,629 ft (497 m)
Reservoir
Creates	Boca Reservoir
Total capacity	41,110 acre⋅ft (50,710,000 m^3)
Catchment area	172 sq mi (450 km^2)
Surface area	977 acres (3.95 km^2)
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Boca Dam
Boca Dam
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	South end of Boca Reservoir, Nevada County, California, United States
Coordinates	39°23′26″N 120°05′40″W
Built	1937-1939
NRHP reference No.	81000712
Added to NRHP	1981

Boca Dam (National ID No. CA10135) is an earthfill dam and a part of the Truckee Storage Project that encompasses Nevada County, California and Washoe County, Nevada in the United States. Open year-round, it is located at the southern end of Boca Reservoir, 1 mi (2 km) north of Interstate 80, 0.3 mi (480 m) above the confluence of the Little Truckee River and the Truckee River, and 6 mi (9.7 km) northeast of Truckee, California. Reno, Nevada lies 27 mi (43 km) to the east.[1]

Boca Dam's area of significance includes agriculture, conservation, and engineering. It is administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, and operated by the Washoe County Water Conservation District. The technical point of contact is the United States District Court Water Master's Office in Reno.[2] The dam's major period of significance was 1925 through 1949.[3]

Dimensions

Boca Dam bridge
Coordinates	39°23′28″N 120°05′38″W
Carries	Boca Dam Reservoir Road
Characteristics
Width	2 lanes
Location

• Crest elevation: 5,615 ft (1,711 m)
• Structural height: 93 ft (28 m)
• Crest length: 1,629 ft (497 m)
• Top of joint use: 5,605 ft (1,708 m)
• Top of active conservation: 5,596.37 ft (1,706 m)
• Top of inactive conservation: N/A
• Spillway crest: 5,589 ft (1,704 m)
• Top of dead storage: 5,521 ft (1,683 m)
• Streambed at dam axis: 5,512 ft (1,680 m)[4]

Landmark

The dam is registered in the National Register of Historic Places. Its commemorative plaque states:

Boca Dam 1937 - 1940

United States Department of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes...Secretary

Bureau of Reclamation
John C. Page...Commissioner
R. F. Walter...Chief Engineer
L. J. Foster and C. S. Hale Construction Engineers

Heigh..............116 Feet
Length..............1629 Feet
Storage Capacity....40,901 Acre-Feet
Contractor..........George W. Condon Co.[5][6]

See also

• List of dams and reservoirs in California

References

1. "Boca Dam and Reservoir". truckee.com. Archived from the original on 2008-07-04. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
2. "Boca Dam". cdavis.edu. Archived from the original on 2007-03-25. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
3. "Boca Dam". nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
4. Bureau of Reclamation (2009). "Parker Dam". U.S. Department of the Interior. Archived from the original on 2012-09-25. Retrieved 2009-09-29.
5. "National Register of Historic Places in Nevada County, California". noehill.com. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
6. Department of Water Resources (2009). "Station Meta Data: Boca Dam (BOC)". California Data Exchange Center. State of California. Archived from the original on 2008-01-17. Retrieved 2009-10-11.

External links

Media related to Boca Dam at Wikimedia Commons

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