Location
Longitude: 121˚ 49' 39" W
Locaide: 102A 42-46
Description
Located along Alamitos Road, in the San Vicente Grant. Center of dam located on Alamitos Creek 0.7 miles southwest of New Almaden.
Period of Record
SCVWD record begins October 2, 1960 with operation to the present.
Station Information
Radio telemetry GOES station. Waterlog Gas Purge System.
Area / Capacity Curve
New storage and Surface area rating tables applied Ocotober 1st, 2007 based on current survey.
General Information
Drainage Area: 12.0 Square Miles
Year Constructed: 1935
Reservoir Capacity: 1,587 Acre Feet
Reservoir Surface Area (full): 59.0 Acres
Vertical Datum: NAVD 1988 (applied October 1, 2013)
Reservoir Length: 1.1 Miles
Dam Type: Rolled Earth Fill
Dam Spillway Elevation: 608.6 ft.
Dam Height (crest above streambed): 108 ft.
Outlet capacity: 190 cfs (246 with canal)