Near Camptonville in Yuba County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
Bullards Bar Dam and Reservoir
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 26, 2014
1. Bullards Bar Dam and Reservoir Marker
Inscription.
Bullards Bar Dam and Reservoir. . The Yuba County Water Agency completed this dam in 1969. It was built under the Federal Power Commission license No. 2246 to provide electrical power, irrigation, recreation and flood control at a cost of $180,000,000. Located on the Tahoe and Plumas National Forests, the dam forms a 15 mile long reservoir with a shoreline of 53 miles. It has a surface area of 7 square miles, and a maximum depth of 620 feet., The recreation facilities around the reservoir were constructed by the Yuba County Water Agency under provision of the Davis-Grunsky Act. Yuba County operates one boat ramp, and the U.S. Forest Service operates the other facilities.
The Yuba County Water Agency completed this dam in 1969. It was built under the Federal Power Commission license No. 2246 to provide electrical power, irrigation, recreation and flood control at a cost of $180,000,000. Located on the Tahoe and Plumas National Forests, the dam forms a 15 mile long reservoir with a shoreline of 53 miles. It has a surface area of 7 square miles, and a maximum depth of 620 feet.
The recreation facilities around the reservoir were constructed by the Yuba County Water Agency under provision of the Davis-Grunsky Act. Yuba County operates one boat ramp, and the U.S. Forest Service operates the other facilities.
Location. 39° 23.858′ N, 121° 7.921′ W. Marker is near Camptonville, California, in Yuba County. Marker is on Vista Point Road just north of Marysville Road, on the left when traveling north. Marker is mounted on an informational kiosk at the Sunset Lookout on Vista Point Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Camptonville CA 95922, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Also see . . . New Bullards Bar Dam (Wikipedia). New Bullards Bar Dam was constructed in response to a flooding event in 1955. The dam is the fourth constructed on the Bullards Bar site, succeeding diversion dams built in 1899 and 1900 as well as a 200-foot concrete arch dam built by the Yuba River Power Company and transferred to Pacific Gas and Electric Company in 1922. The dam generated power from 1924 until its inundation by the New Bullards Bar Reservoir in 1969. Although the 1899 diversion dam was washed away, the 1900 dam is still in place about a quarter mile downstream from the present dam. (Submitted on March 7, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
2. Bullards Bar Dam and Reservoir Marker wide view (marker visible bottom center of kiosk)
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 26, 2014
3. Bullards Bar Dam (back side view from near marker)
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 26, 2014
4. Bullards Bar Dam Spillway
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 26, 2014
5. Bullards Bar Dam - Emerald Cove Marina
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 26, 2014
6. Bullards Bar Dam (view looking north from behind spillway)
A part of The Yuba River Development of the Yuba County Water Agency Other Features Our House Dam Lohman Ridge Tunnel Log Cabin Dam Camptonville Tunnel New Narrows Powerhouse New Colgate Powerhouse Recreation Facilities
Members, Agency Board of Directors, Concept 1959 to Completion 1970 Raymond Brocker Charles E. Coupe Karl A. Cozad Charles L. Dean John E. Furneaux Charles F. Harvey Roy G. Landerman Benjamin Lembke Peter A. Reis Ben Rose Harold J. Sperbeck
Consulting Engineer and Engineer-Administrator Colin H. Handforth General Counsel Alvin Landis
Design and Construction Engineers International Engineering Company, Inc. Constructed by Perini Yuba Associates A Joint Venture of Perini Corporation, Manageing and Sponsoring Company Edward Balf Co. Fred J. Early, Jr. Co., Inc. Winston Bros. Co. H.B. Zachry Co. R.B. Potashnick Co. Project bonds funded by sale of power from 330,000 KW project capacity to Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Credits. This page was last revised on March 8, 2020. It was originally submitted on March 7, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 808 times since then and 102 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. submitted on March 7, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.