Category:Oroville Dam

**Oroville Dam**
	earthfill embankment dam in Oroville, California Pohled na přehradní hráz a jezero Oroville
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Instance of	embankment dam;
Location	Butte County, California, Pacific States Region
Connects with	Edward Hyatt Power Plant;
Owned by	California Department of Water Resources;
Inception	1961;
Date of official opening	1968;
Length	2,109 m;
Height	770 ft;
Drainage basin	Sacramento River basin;
Reservoir created	Lake Oroville;
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	39° 32′ 20.04″ N, 121° 29′ 09.6″ W
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	Q1425594; Library of Congress authority ID: sh2006020096; National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007542462505171; Structurae structure ID: 20024810
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English: The Oroville Dam is an earthfill embankment dam on the Feather River in the Sierra Nevada foothills, Northern California. The dam is the tallest in the United States and is located east of Oroville in Butte County. The dam was built in 1968 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers and is a key element of the California State Water Project. The dam impounds Lake Oroville, the second largest reservoir in California.

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2017 Oroville Dam crisis‎ (43 F)

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Brig. Gen. Turner tours Sutter levees (10601949736).jpg 1,024 × 768; 218 KB
Edward Hyatt Powerplant during its shutdown in August 2021-5993.jpg 6,369 × 4,246; 20.56 MB
Lake Oroville aerial.jpg 1,512 × 889; 626 KB
Old Bidwell Bar Bridge Oroville CA.jpg 662 × 961; 103 KB
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Oroville Dam main spillway 30 March 2011.jpg 2,989 × 4,500; 11.97 MB
Oroville Dam main spillway rebuild phase 2.jpg 1,334 × 841; 460 KB
Oroville dam on lake oroville.JPG 3,264 × 2,448; 4.36 MB
Oroville dam spillover 2017-02-11.jpg 960 × 720; 124 KB
Oroville dam spillway 2017-02-11.jpg 2,924 × 2,193; 2.06 MB
Oroville Dam spillway damage 27 Feb 2017.jpg 2,100 × 1,303; 1.08 MB
Oroville Dam spillway in 2023.jpg 6,880 × 4,584; 7.03 MB
Oroville dam.jpg 541 × 360; 48 KB
Oroville Emergency Spillway Carrying Water.jpg 2,040 × 1,362; 1.05 MB
Oroville Emergency Spillway Erosion.jpg 1,280 × 789; 508 KB
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OROVILLE Infographic Test (Frame 5).svg 400 × 370; 223 KB
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OROVILLE Infographic Test.svg 400 × 370; 185 KB
Oroville Lake Elevation 2017 - 15 Years.png 640 × 400; 40 KB
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Oroville Lake Inflow 2017 - 15 Years.png 1,024 × 550; 43 KB
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OrovilleLake Outflow Feb 2017.png 1,024 × 550; 43 KB

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