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. Click to hear the inscription.

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.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Parks & Recreational Areas • Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical year for this entry is 1969.

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.

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At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. North San Juan United Methodist Church (approx. 2.3 miles away); Old North San Juan School (approx. 2.4 miles away); Wells Fargo & Company / North San Juan - 1853 (approx. 2.4 miles away); North San Juan Fire Department (approx. 2½ miles away); Oregon Creek Covered Bridge (approx. 2.6 miles away); Marysville to Virginia City in 32 Hours (approx. 2.6 miles away); Dobbins (approx. 4.4 miles away); Acton Meek Cleveland (approx. 5.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Camptonville.

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.)

Bullards Bar Dam and Reservoir Marker • <i>wide view<br>(marker visible bottom center of kiosk)</i> image. Click for full size.

2. Bullards Bar Dam and Reservoir Marker • wide view
(marker visible bottom center of kiosk)

Bullards Bar Dam<br>(<i>back side view from near marker</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 26, 2014

3. Bullards Bar Dam
(back side view from near marker)

Bullards Bar Dam Spillway image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 26, 2014

4. Bullards Bar Dam Spillway

Bullards Bar Dam - Emerald Cove Marina image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 26, 2014

5. Bullards Bar Dam - Emerald Cove Marina

Bullards Bar Dam<br>(<i>view looking north from behind spillway</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 26, 2014

6. Bullards Bar Dam
(view looking north from behind spillway)

Bullards Bar Reservoir Map<br>(<i>red arrow indicates kisok & marker location</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 26, 2014

7. Bullards Bar Reservoir Map
(red arrow indicates kisok & marker location)

New Bullards Bar Dam Cornerstone image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 26, 2014

8. New Bullards Bar Dam Cornerstone

Height 635 feet
Length 2350 feet
Reservoir Capacity 960,000 acre feet
Flood Control Reservation 170,000 acre feet

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 653 times since then and 319 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. submitted on March 7, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.