Beardsley Dam

Beardsley Dam (National ID # CA00263) is a dam on the Middle Fork Stanislaus River in Tuolumne County, California. The site is surrounded by the Stanislaus National Forest.

Beardsley Dam
Country	United States
Location	Tuolumne County, California.
Status	Operational
Opening date	1957

Map of the Stanislaus River

Water and power

The earthen dam was completed in 1957 (68 years ago) (1957) with a height of 284 feet (87 m), and a length of 1,000 feet (300 m) at its crest.^[1] It impounds the Middle Fork of the Stanislaus River for hydroelectric power and irrigation water storage, part of the Stanislaus River Tri-Dam project cooperatively owned by the Oakdale Irrigation District and South San Joaquin Irrigation District.^[2]

The reservoir it creates, Beardsley Lake, has a water surface of 1.1 square miles, a maximum capacity of 97,800 acre-feet (120,600,000 m³), and a normal capacity of 97,500 acre-feet (120,300,000 m³).^[3] Recreation includes camping, fishing, and boating.^[4]

See also

• California portal
• Water portal
• Renewable energy portal

• Donnells Dam
• Tulloch Dam
• List of dams and reservoirs in California
• Stanislaus River topics

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2012-09-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. "About Tri-Dam – Tri-Dam Project".
3. "Beardsley". Archived from the original on 2012-12-07. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
4. "Beardsley Reservoir – Tri-Dam Project".

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