New Hogan Dam

New Hogan Dam
CountryUnited States
LocationCalaveras County, California
Coordinates38°09′03″N 120°48′47″W / 38.15083°N 120.81306°W / 38.15083; -120.81306
Opening date1963; 62 years ago (1963)
Owner(s) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District
Dam and spillways
Type of damEmbankment
ImpoundsCalaveras River
Height210 ft (64 m)[1]
Length1,960 ft (600 m)[1]
Spillway typeGated overflow, service
Spillway capacity106,400 cu ft/s (3,010 m3/s)[1]
Reservoir
CreatesNew Hogan Lake
Total capacity317,100 acre⋅ft (0.3911 km3)[1]
Catchment area363 sq mi (940 km2)[1]
Surface area4,400 acres (1,800 ha)[1]
Power Station
Installed capacity3.15 MW

New Hogan Dam is an embankment dam on the Calaveras River, a tributary of the San Joaquin River in central California. The dam lies east of Rancho Calaveras and impounds New Hogan Lake in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. Built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the 210-foot (64 m)-high dam was completed in 1963. In 1986, the Modesto Irrigation District contracted with the USACE to build a base load hydroelectric plant at the dam with a capacity of 3.15 megawatts.[2]

The original Hogan Dam was completed in September 1930 and named for Walter Byron Hogan -- a Stockton, California City Engineer and later City Manager. [3]

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References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Detailed Information: New Hogan Dam". National Inventory of Dams. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
  2. ^ "MID Fast Facts". Modesto Irrigation District. Archived from the original on 2004-08-05. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
  3. ^ "New Hogan Reservoir". Calaveras Heritage Council. Retrieved 2023-02-02.