Country United States Type of dam Rock-fill Length 2,698 ft (822 m) Opened 1928 | Opening date 1928 Height 45 m Catchment area 85.73 km² Construction began 1925 | |
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Similar San Dimas Dam, Puddingstone Reservoir, Santa Anita Dam, Sierra Madre Dam, Santa Fe Dam |
Puddingstone Dam is a 147 ft (45 m) high earth and rockfill dam in the San Gabriel Valley, within San Dimas in eastern Los Angeles County, California.
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Map of Puddingstone Dam, San Dimas, CA 91773, USA
The dam was built in 1928 by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works, which continues to operate it.
GeographyEdit
Puddingstone Dam serves mainly for flood control. It impounds Walnut Creek, a tributary of the San Gabriel River, to form Puddingstone Reservoir, which can hold more than 20,000 acre·ft (25,000,000 m3) of water. The reservoir stores floodwater from both the Walnut Creek Wash, and also the San Dimas Wash, to which it is connected by a short artificial channel below San Dimas Dam.
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