Carbon Canyon Dam
Dam in Orange County, California / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Canyon, California.
Carbon Canyon Dam (or Carbon Creek Dam) is a dam at the northern edge of Orange County, California. The dam is approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) east of the city of Brea and approximately 12 miles (19 km) north of the city of Santa Ana. The drainage area above the dam is 19.3 square miles (50 km2) and is encompassed entirely within the Puente and Chino Hills. The Carbon Canyon Creek flows in a generally southwesterly direction onto the coastal Orange County Plain, joins Coyote Creek, and then flows into the San Gabriel River.
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Carbon Canyon Dam | |
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Country | United States |
Location | Orange County, California[1] |
Coordinates | 33°54′49″N 117°50′21″W |
Construction began | 1959; 65 years ago (1959) |
Opening date | 1961; 63 years ago (1961)[2] |
Owner(s) | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District[2] |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Earth[2] |
Impounds | Carbon Canyon Creek[2] |
Height | 99 feet (30 m)[2] |
Length | 2,610 feet (800 m)[2] |
Dam volume | 1,500,000 cubic yards (1,100,000 m3)[2] |
Reservoir | |
Creates | Carbon Canyon Reservoir |
Total capacity | 7,033 acre-feet (8,675,000 m3)[2] |
Catchment area | 19.3 square miles (50 km2)[2] |
Surface area | 221 acres (89 ha)[2] |
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