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New Hogan Lake is an artificial lake in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada in Calaveras County, California, about 30 miles (48.3 km) northeast of Stockton. It is formed by New Hogan Dam on the Calaveras River, whose North and South forks combine just upstream of the lake, and has a capacity of 317,000 acre⋅ft (391,000,000 m 3 ).
Calaveras County, California. Calaveras County ( / ˌkæləˈvɛrəs / ⓘ ), officially the County of Calaveras, is a county in both the Gold Country and High Sierra regions of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 45,292. [5] The county seat is San Andreas. [6] Angels Camp is the county's only incorporated city.
New Melones Lake is a reservoir on the Stanislaus River in the central Sierra Nevada foothills, within Calaveras County and Tuolumne County, California . The New Melones Dam and reservoir are a water collection and transfer unit of the United States Bureau of Reclamation 's Central Valley Project. New Melones Lake provides irrigation water ...
Calaveras: Calaveras County Water District: 1989: Constant radius arch: 233: 71: 2,100: 2,600 Millerton Lake: Friant Dam: San Joaquin River: Fresno and Madera: United ...
Sutter Buttes, which were mistakenly thought to be in the county at the time of its establishment: Charter 207,172: 1,640 sq mi (4,248 km 2) Calaveras County: 009: San Andreas: 1850: original: Calaveras River; calaveras is Spanish for "skulls". General Law 46,565: 1,020 sq mi (2,642 km 2) Colusa County: 011: Colusa: 1850: original: Rancho Colus ...
Contra Costa Water District. The Contra Costa Water District (CCWD) is an agency that was created in 1936 to supply water for consumers in eastern Contra Costa, California. It is now one of the largest water districts in California, serving about 500,000 people in Central and Eastern Contra Costa County.
Calaveras Big Trees State Park is a state park of California, United States, preserving two groves of giant sequoia trees. It is located 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Arnold, California in the middle elevations of the Sierra Nevada. It has been a major tourist attraction since 1852, when the existence of the trees was first widely reported, and ...
Calaveras County Water District owns the dam. Water from the reservoir supplies drinking water and water for recreation and irrigation. Also, along with the Northern California Power Agency, the water district sells electricity from the 5.5-MW hydroelectric plant at the base of the dam. They also operate the 253-MW Collierville Powerhouse on ...