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Hidden Dam is an earthen dam on the
Hidden View Campground
offers single and group camping year-round. The lake is named for local settler and cattle rancher John Jackson Hensley.The Valley's Legends & Legacies III, by Catherine Morison Rehart, page 99 Eastman Lake, another Corps of Engineers lake, is located to the northwest.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Hensley Lake
Recreation at Hensley Lake (Recreation.gov)
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Hidden Dam is an earthen dam on the Fresno River
The Fresno River (Spanish language, Spanish for "ash tree") is a river in Central California and a major tributary of the San Joaquin River. It runs approximately from the Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra Nevada Range to the San Joaquin River if me ...
in Madera County, California
Madera County (), officially the County of Madera, is a County (United States), county located at the geographic center of the U.S. state of California. It features a varied landscape, encompassing the eastern San Joaquin Valley and the central ...
. It creates a reservoir known as Hensley Lake.
The dam was constructed in by the Perini Corporation as part of an expansive United States Army Corps of Engineers
The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is the military engineering branch of the United States Army. A direct reporting unit (DRU), it has three primary mission areas: Engineer Regiment, military construction, and civil wo ...
project for flood control
Flood management or flood control are methods used to reduce or prevent the detrimental effects of flood waters. Flooding can be caused by a mix of both natural processes, such as extreme weather upstream, and human changes to waterbodies and ru ...
, irrigation
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storage, and recreation
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. The dam is tall, is long at its crest, and is the only major storage dam of the Fresno River.
The reservoir it creates, Hensley Lake, has a water surface of , over of shoreline, and has a maximum storage capacity of . In 1978 the lake was opened to day-use recreation, including water skiing, fishing, swimming, horseback riding, mountain biking, and hiking. ThHidden View Campground
offers single and group camping year-round. The lake is named for local settler and cattle rancher John Jackson Hensley.The Valley's Legends & Legacies III, by Catherine Morison Rehart, page 99 Eastman Lake, another Corps of Engineers lake, is located to the northwest.
See also
* List of dams and reservoirs in California *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 ...
References
External links
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Hensley Lake
Recreation at Hensley Lake (Recreation.gov)
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