Tulloch Dam

Tulloch Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Stanislaus River in central California. The dam is part of the Stanislaus River Tri-Dam project cooperatively owned by the Oakdale and South San Joaquin Irrigation Districts, and was completed in 1958. It serves mainly for irrigation purposes but also has a power station with a capacity of 18 megawatts.^[1] The dam is located just downstream of the New Melones Dam and upstream of the Goodwin Dam.

Tulloch Dam
Overflow in April 2006
Country	United States
Location	Calaveras / Tuolumne counties, California
Coordinates	37°52′35″N 120°36′18″W
Opening date	1958; 67 years ago (1958)
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Concrete gravity
Impounds	Stanislaus River
Height	205 ft (62 m)
Length	1,914 ft (583 m)
Reservoir
Creates	Lake Tulloch
Total capacity	68,400 acre⋅ft (84,400,000 m3)
Active capacity	67,000 acre⋅ft (83,000,000 m3)
Catchment area	980 sq mi (2,500 km2)
Surface area	1,280 acres (520 ha)
Normal elevation	510 ft (160 m)
Power Station
Turbines	2x vertical Francis
Installed capacity	18 MW
Annual generation	93 million KWh

See also

• California portal
• Water portal
• Renewable energy portal

• Beardsley Dam
• Donnells Dam
• List of dams and reservoirs in California
• List of lakes in California