Puddingstone Dam is a high earth and rockfill dam in the
San Gabriel Valley
The San Gabriel Valley ( es, Valle de San Gabriel) is one of the principal valleys of Southern California, lying immediately to the east of the eastern city limits of the city of Los Angeles, and occupying the vast majority of the eastern part ...
, within
San Dimas in eastern
Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County, officially the County of Los Angeles, and sometimes abbreviated as L.A. County, is the most populous county in the United States and in the U.S. state of California, with 9,861,224 residents estimated as of 2022. It is the ...
,
California.
The dam was built in 1928 by the
Los Angeles County Department of Public Works, which continues to operate it.
Geography
Puddingstone Dam serves mainly for flood control. It impounds
Walnut Creek, a tributary of the
San Gabriel River, to form
Puddingstone Reservoir, which can hold more than of water.
The reservoir stores floodwater from both the Walnut Creek Wash, and also the San Dimas Wash, to which it is connected by a short artificial channel below
San Dimas Dam
San Dimas Dam is a concrete gravity dam in Los Angeles County, California. The dam and its flood control basin/reservoir are in the San Gabriel Mountains and within the Angeles National Forest. The dam is currently operated by the Los Angeles Cou ...
.
See also
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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
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References
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Los Angeles County Department of Public Works dams
Rock-filled dams
San Gabriel Valley
San Dimas, California
Dams completed in 1928
1928 establishments in California