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Bear River Dam (National ID # CA00379, also known as the Upper Bear River Dam) is a dam in
Amador County, California Amador County () is a county located in the U.S. state of California, in the Sierra Nevada. As of the 2020 census, the population was 40,474. The county seat is Jackson. Amador County, located within California's Gold Country, is known as "Th ...
, due east of
Sacramento Sacramento ( or ; ; ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the seat of Sacramento County. Located at the confluence of the Sacramento and American Rivers in Northern California's Sacramento Valley, Sacramento's 2020 p ...
. The rockfill dam was constructed in with a height of , and a length of at its crest. It impounds the Bear River for hydroelectric power generation and municipal water supply. It is owned and operated by
Pacific Gas and Electric Company The Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is an American investor-owned utility (IOU). The company is headquartered at Kaiser Center, in Oakland, California. PG&E provides natural gas and electricity to 5.2 million households in the norther ...
, the largest private owner of hydroelectric facilities in the United States, making it one of the company's 174 dams. The reservoir it creates, Bear River Reservoir, has a normal water surface of and has a maximum capacity of . Recreation includes fishing, swimming, and camping, however the Upper Bear River Reservoir can only be accessed by foot, and is mostly unused by the public. The
Lower Bear River Reservoir Lower Bear River Reservoir in Pioneer, California, is created by its own dam, the Lower Bear River Reservoir Dam, and is owned by PG&E. The reservoir lies at 5,800 feet above sea level and covers 727 acres. Unlike the Upper Bear River Reservoir, ...
and its own dam lie immediately downstream and to the west, also owned by PG&E. The dam is being examined as the upper pool in a 380–1,140 MW
pumped-storage Pumped-storage hydroelectricity (PSH), or pumped hydroelectric energy storage (PHES), is a type of hydroelectric energy storage used by electric power systems for load balancing. A PSH system stores energy in the form of gravitational potent ...
project with the
Salt Springs Reservoir Salt Springs Reservoir is a reservoir in the eastern portions of Amador County and Calaveras County of California in the Sierra Nevada about east-northeast of Jackson. The reservoir is in the Eldorado National Forest at an elevation of . The re ...
as the lower pool.


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List of dams and reservoirs in California Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in California in a sortable table. There are over 1,400 named dams and 1,300 named reservoirs in the state of California. Dams in service :''Please add to this list from the below sources.'' Former ...
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List of lakes in California There are more than 3,000 named lakes, reservoirs, and dry lakes in the U.S. state of California. Largest lakes In terms of area covered, the largest lake in California is the Salton Sea, a lake formed in 1905 which is now saline. It occup ...


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{{authority control Dams completed in 1900 Dams in California Pacific Gas and Electric Company dams Reservoirs in Amador County, California Rock-filled dams Reservoirs in California Reservoirs in Northern California