Big Creek Hydroelectric Project
Reservoirs and forebays

Big Creek Hydroelectric Project

Section Title: Reservoirs and forebays
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Statistics of the major reservoirs

Dam(s)	Reservoir	River	Dam height	Storage capacity	Surface area	Elevation	Year

Big Creek Dam No. 1 Big Creek Dam No. 2 Big Creek Dam No. 3	Huntington Lake	Big Creek	170 ft (52 m)	89,800 acre.ft (110,000 dam3)	1,440 acres (583 ha)	6,950 ft (2,118 m)	1913

Big Creek Dam No. 4	Dam Four Lake	Big Creek	75 ft (23 m)	99 acre.ft (122 dam3)	4 acres (2 ha)	4,810 ft (1,466 m)	1913

Big Creek Dam No. 5	Dam Five Lake	Big Creek	60 ft (18 m)	74 acre.ft (91 dam3)	10 acres (4 ha)	2,943 ft (897 m)	1921

Big Creek Dam No. 6	Dam Six Lake	San Joaquin River	155 ft (47 m)	1,730 acre.ft (2,134 dam3)	23 acres (28 ha)	2,230 ft (680 m)	1923

Florence Lake Dam	Florence Lake	South Fork San Joaquin River	154 ft (47 m)	64,600 acre.ft (80,000 dam3)	296 acres (120 ha)	7,328 ft (2,234 m)	1926

Mammoth Pool Dam	Mammoth Pool Reservoir	San Joaquin River	411 ft (125 m)	123,000 acre.ft (152,000 dam3)	1,100 acres (445 ha)	3,330 ft (1,015 m)	1959

Redinger Dam (Big Creek Dam No. 7)	Redinger Lake	San Joaquin River	250 ft (76 m)	35,000 acre.ft (43,200 dam3)	620 acres (251 ha)	1,403 ft (428 m)	1951

Shaver Lake Dam	Shaver Lake	Stevenson Creek	185 ft (56 m)	136,000 acre.ft (168,000 dam3)	2,190 acres (886 ha)	5,370 ft (1,637 m)	1927

Vermilion Valley Dam	Lake Thomas A. Edison	Mono Creek	165 ft (50 m)	140,000 acre.ft (173,000 dam3)	1,910 acres (773 ha)	7,643 ft (2,330 m)	1954

Water Data Totals	(all lakes full)	590,303 acre.ft (727,444 dam3)	7,593 acres (3071 ha)

Sentence(s)

In 1959, the Mammoth Pool Dam was at the height of 411 ft (125 m).

final_sentence: In 1959, the Mammoth Pool Dam was at the height of 411 ft (125 m).