Clear Creek Dam (National ID # WA00264) is a dam in

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. The concrete thin-arch dam was originally completed in 1915 by the

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at a height of and long at its crest. Raised another feet in 1918 to its present height of feet, it was partially rebuilt in 1964 then found structurally unsafe in 1990, when it was drained to less than 5% of its design capacity. The dam was reconstructed (with a new reinforcing gravity-dam element buttressing the original thin-arch structure) and refilled by popular demand. The dam impounds the North Fork of the

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, part of the Bureau's larger Yakima Project. Its use is now primarily recreational. Both dam and reservoir are owned and operated by the Bureau. The reservoir it creates, Clear Lake, has a water surface of and a capacity of . Recreation includes boating and fishing, and the site is surrounded by the southern tip of the

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. Also the

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Yakima, Washington Yakima ( or ) is a city in and the county seat of Yakima County, Washington, United States, and the state's 11th most populous city. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 96,968 and a metropolitan population of 256,728. The ...

has Camp Dudley along its shores, a summer camp and retreat.

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Camp Dudley
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