Strawberry Dam

Strawberry Dam
Coordinates	38°11′59″N 119°59′20″W
Opening date	1916; 109 years ago (1916)
Dam and spillways
Length	720 feet (220 m)
Elevation at crest	143 feet (44 m)
Reservoir
Total capacity	18,312 acre-feet (22,588,000 m^3)
Surface area	300 acres (120 ha)

Strawberry Dam (National ID # CA00388), also known as Main Strawberry Dam,[1] is a dam in Tuolumne County, California.

Background

The rockfill masonry dam was originally constructed in 1916 by the Sierra and San Francisco Power Company, with a height of 143 feet (44 m), and a length of 720 feet (220 m) at its crest.[2] It impounds the South Fork Stanislaus River exclusively for hydroelectric power generation, now owned and operated by Pacific Gas and Electric Company as one of the company's more than 170 dams.

Pinecrest Lake

The reservoir it creates, Pinecrest Lake, has a normal water surface of 300 acres (120 ha) and has a normal capacity of 18,312 acre-feet (22,588,000 m^3).[3] Recreation includes boating, fishing, camping, and winter sports.[4]

Pinecrest Lake hosts the Pinecrest Recreation Area, part of the Stanislaus National Forest.[5]

Pinecrest Lake was home to Camp Stephens.[6]

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See also

• List of dams and reservoirs in California
• List of lakes in California

References

1. "Dams Within the Jurisdiction of the State of California (H-M)" (PDF). California Department of Water Resources, Division of Safety of Dams. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 5, 2012. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
2. "Strawberry_Dam". Archived from the original on 2016-03-06.
3. "Equipo de Estudios Comunitarios y Acción Psicosocial". Equipo de Estudios Comunitarios y Acción Psicosocial.
4. "Pinecrest California". www.calconnect.com.
5. "Pinecrest Lake". Stanislaus National Forest. USDA. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
6. Brejla, Terry; Marvin, Judith (January 2017). "HISTORIC STRUCTURE REPORT" (PDF). Mt. Diablo Silverado Council. p. 5. Retrieved 2019-08-07. On the Summit District at Pinecrest Lake, Camp Stephens (now Camp Oski, operated by the California Alumni Association) was opened in 1925 by the Alameda Boy Scouts on a site formerly permitted to the Stockton Lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks