The Don Pedro Project
Operated by the Turlock Irrigation District
Where is Don Pedro Reservoir?
Fast Facts About Don Pedro Dam & Reservoir • Don Pedro Dam is the 10th highest dam in the United States rising 580 feet above the stream bed. • Construction began in 1967 and was completed in 1971. • The dam is an earth and rock-fill structure embodying 16,400,000 cubic yards of material. Physical Data
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Spillway Three 45-Ft x 30-Ft radial gates with the capacity to pass 78,000 CFS each when lake elevation is 830 ft. Emergency spillway- Ogee crest 995 ft long with the capacity to pass 300,000 CFS with lake elevation at 850 ft. Reservoir 2,030,000 Acre Feet total storage at elevation 830 ft 340,000 Acre Feet of controlled flood space when the lake elevation is 801.9 ft
Don Pedro Dam
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Don Pedro Dam and Spillway Structures
Don Pedro Dam Approximately 1/4 mile
Bonds Flat Road Emergency Spillway
Controlled Spillway
In the case of activation of one or both of the spillway structures, Bonds Flat Road at the base of the radial spillway gates is designed to wash out as it did in January, 1997 when the gates were used.
Spillways
The Path of Released Water Don Pedro Dam
Spillway Release Path
Normal Release Path
Once the water rejoins the river channel, it continues downstream through the communities of Waterford, Hickman, Ceres and Modesto before eventually joining the San Joaquin River just south of Vernalis. The San Joaquin eventually empties into the delta and out to sea. aa CC l laa vvee rraa ss CC oo uu
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The controlled and emergency spillways at Don Pedro send water through an area known as Six Bit Gulch where it rejoins the Tuolumne about 1/2 mile downstream of the Don Pedro Powerhouse. This path takes the water out and away from the main dam structure and safely redeposits it into the river channel.
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