List of largest reservoirs of California

This is a list of the largest reservoirs, or man-made lakes, in the U.S. state of California. All fifty-three reservoirs that contain over of water at maximum capacity are listed. This includes those formed by raising the level of natural lakes, such as at Lake Tahoe. Most large reservoirs in California are owned by the federal Bureau of Reclamation and to a lesser extent the Army Corps of Engineers, many serving the Central Valley Project or State Water Project. Smaller ones are often run by county water agencies or irrigation and flood control districts.

The state has more than one thousand major reservoirs, of which the largest two hundred have a combined capacity of over . Most large reservoirs in California are located in the central and northern portions of the state, especially along the large and flood-prone rivers of the Central Valley. Eleven reservoirs have a storage capacity greater than or equal to ; all of these except one are in or on drainages that feed into the Central Valley. The largest single reservoir in California is Shasta Lake, with a full volume of more than .

Key denotes reservoir not entirely in California denotes reservoir that is offstream or receives most of its water from a source not associated with its feeder stream(s).

List NameCounty(s)Coordinates Volume (acre-feet) Volume (km3)OutflowDamImageShasta LakeShasta4,552,0005.615Sacramento RiverShasta DamLake OrovilleButte3,537,5774.364Feather RiverOroville DamTrinity LakeTrinity2,448,0003.020Trinity RiverTrinity DamNew Melones LakeTuolumne,Calaveras2,400,0002.960Stanislaus RiverNew Melones DamSan Luis ReservoirMerced2,041,0002.518San Luis CreekSan Luis DamDon Pedro ReservoirTuolumne2,030,0002.504Tuolumne RiverNew Don Pedro DamLake BerryessaNapa1,602,0001.976Putah CreekMonticello DamLake AlmanorPlumas1,308,0001.613North Feather RiverCanyon DamFolsom LakeSacramento, El Dorado, Placer1,120,2001.382American RiverFolsom DamLake McClureMariposa1,024,6001.264Merced RiverNew Exchequer DamPine Flat LakeFresno1,000,0001.233Kings RiverPine Flat DamNew Bullards Bar ReservoirYuba996,1031.229North Yuba RiverNew Bullards Bar DamDiamond Valley LakeRiverside810,0000.999Domenigoni CreekWest DamLake TahoePlacer, El Dorado, Douglas (NV), Washoe (NV)732,0000.903Truckee RiverLake Tahoe DamLake HavasuSan Bernardino, Mohave (AZ), La Paz (AZ)646,2000.797Colorado RiverParker Dam Lake IsabellaKern568,0000.701Kern RiverIsabella DamClear Lake ReservoirModoc527,0000.650Lost RiverClear Lake DamMillerton LakeFresno, Madera520,5000.642San Joaquin RiverFriant DamCamanche ReservoirSan Joaquin, Amador, Calaveras431,0000.532Mokelumne RiverCamanche DamLake SonomaSonoma381,0000.470Dry CreekWarm Springs DamLake NacimientoSan Luis Obispo378,4800.467Nacimiento RiverNacimiento DamHetch Hetchy ReservoirTuolumne360,0000.444Tuolumne RiverO'Shaughnessy DamLake San AntonioMonterey335,0000.413San Antonio RiverSan Antonio DamCastaic LakeLos Angeles323,7000.399Castaic CreekCastaic DamNew Hogan LakeCalaveras317,0000.391Calaveras RiverNew Hogan DamPrado Flood Control BasinRiverside314,4000.389Santa Ana RiverPrado DamClear LakeLake313,0000.386Cache CreekCache Creek DamIndian Valley ReservoirLake300,6000.371North Fork Cache CreekIndian Valley DamCherry LakeTuolumne274,3000.338Cherry CreekCherry Valley DamLake CasitasVentura254,0000.313Coyote CreekCasitas DamSan Vicente ReservoirSan Diego242,0000.298San Vicente CreekSan Vicente DamWhiskeytown LakeShasta241,1000.297Clear CreekWhiskeytown DamUnion Valley ReservoirEl Dorado230,0000.284Silver CreekUnion Valley DamStampede ReservoirSierra226,5000.279Little Truckee RiverStampede DamTwitchell ReservoirSanta Barbara, San Luis Obispo224,3000.277Cuyama RiverTwitchell DamPardee ReservoirAmador, Calaveras209,9500.259Mokelumne RiverPardee DamHell Hole ReservoirPlacer208,4000.257Rubicon RiverHell Hole DamLake CachumaSanta Barbara205,0000.253Santa Ynez RiverBradbury DamNew Spicer Meadow ReservoirAlpine,Tuolumne190,0000.234Highland CreekNew Spicer Meadow DamLake KaweahTulare185,6000.229Kaweah RiverTerminus DamLos Vaqueros ReservoirContra Costa160,0000.197Kellogg CreekLos Vaqueros DamBlack Butte LakeGlenn,Tehama143,7000.177Stony CreekBlack Butte DamSalt Springs ReservoirAmador,Calaveras141,9000.175Mokelumne RiverSalt Springs DamFrench Meadows ReservoirPlacer136,4000.168Middle Fork American RiverL.L. Anderson DamShaver LakeFresno135,2830.167Stevenson CreekShaver Lake DamLake PerrisRiverside131,4520.162N/APerris DamLake Thomas A. EdisonFresno125,0000.154Mono CreekVermilion Valley DamCourtright ReservoirFresno123,3000.152Helms CreekCourtright DamMammoth Pool ReservoirFresno123,0000.152San Joaquin RiverMammoth Pool DamLake MendocinoMendocino122,4000.151Russian RiverCoyote Valley DamWishon ReservoirFresno118,0000.146North Fork Kings RiverWishon DamCamp Far West ReservoirYuba104,5000.129Bear RiverCamp Far West DamBucks LakePlumas103,0000.127Bucks CreekBucks Storage DamCalaveras ReservoirAlameda,Santa Clara100,0000.123Calaveras CreekCalaveras Dam

See also List of dams and reservoirs in California List of lakes in California List of largest reservoirs in the United States Water in California California State Water Project

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References

External links Alphabetical index of California reservoirs California Department of Water Resources website with current reservoir levels List of largest reservoirs in California at worldatlas.com Visualization of current and historical reservoir levels