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Tulloch Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Stanislaus River in central California. The dam is part of the Stanislaus River Tri-Dam project cooperatively owned by the Oakdale and South San Joaquin Irrigation Districts, and was completed in 1958. It serves mainly for irrigation purposes but also has a power station with a capacity of 18 megawatts.[1] The dam is located just downstream of the New Melones Dam and upstream of the Goodwin Dam.
Tulloch Dam | |
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![]() Overflow in April 2006 | |
Country | United States |
Location | Calaveras / Tuolumne counties, California |
Coordinates | 37°52′35″N 120°36′18″W |
Opening date | 1958 |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Concrete gravity |
Impounds | Stanislaus River |
Height | 205 ft (62 m) |
Length | 1,914 ft (583 m) |
Reservoir | |
Creates | Lake Tulloch |
Total capacity | 68,400 acre⋅ft (84,400,000 m3) |
Active capacity | 67,000 acre⋅ft (83,000,000 m3) |
Catchment area | 980 sq mi (2,500 km2) |
Surface area | 1,280 acres (520 ha) |
Normal elevation | 510 ft (160 m) |
Power Station | |
Turbines | 2x vertical Francis |
Installed capacity | 18 MW |
Annual generation | 93 million KWh |
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