Everything about Lake Mcclure totally explained
Lake McClure is a large
lake in western
Mariposa County, California, about 40 miles east of
Modesto. It is formed by New Exchequer Dam on the
Merced River, a tributary of the
San Joaquin River and its capacity is 1,032,000 acre-feet (1.273 km³). It is a rock-fill dam with a
reinforced concrete face and was completed in 1967. It is owned by the Merced Irrigation District, which supplies northern
Merced County farms with water for
irrigation through its 750 mile (1200 km) network of
canals. At the base of the dam is a
hydroelectric plant with a capacity of 94.5 MW.
Besides storing water for irrigation, the lake also provides opportunities for
recreation. Only a small amount of water from the lake is used for
drinking water and human contact is allowed. Activities available include
boating,
water skiing,
fishing and
camping. There is a full service
marina at the lake as well.
McSwain Dam, about 6 miles downstream from New Exchequer Dam, was built at the same time and creates
Lake McSwain. The lake is a regulating
reservoir for releases from Lake McClure. It has a capacity of 1,024,600 acre-feet. There is a hydroelectric plant at the dam with a capacity of 9 MW.
The original Exchequer Dam, built between 1924 and 1926, was a concrete gravity arch
dam and created a reservoir with a capacity of 280,000 acre-feet(350,000,000 m³), which was called Exchequer Reservoir until 1926, when its name was changed to Lake McClure to honor W.F. McClure, a California State Engineer. New Exchequer Dam was built to increase the reservoir's capacity.
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