Opening date 1953 Length 441 ft (134 m) Catchment area 5,050 km² | Type of dam Gated overflow dam Height 19 m Impound North Fork Feather River | |
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Location Butte County, California, United States Impounds North Fork Feather River Total capacity 1,150 acre·ft (1,420,000 m) Similar Slab Creek Dam, Pit 3 Dam, Sierra Nevada, New Don Pedro Dam, Englebright Dam | ||
Poe Dam is a concrete gravity hydroelectric diversion dam on the North Fork Feather River, about 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Lake Oroville in Butte County, California in the United States. Completed in 1959, the dam is the lowermost component of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company's Feather River Canyon Power Project, a system of 10 hydroelectric stations along the North Fork. The dam is 62 ft (19 m) high and 441 ft (134 m) long, with water flows controlled by five 50 ft × 41 ft (15 m × 12 m) radial gates.
Map of Poe Dam, Oroville, CA 95965, USA
The dam diverts water through an 6.3-mile (10.1 km) tunnel to the Poe Powerhouse, located on the upper reaches of Lake Oroville. The powerhouse has a rated hydraulic head of 477 ft (145 m) and a capacity of 143 megawatts, generating about 500 million kilowatt hours annually.