Stony Gorge Reservoir, Orland CA, Outdoors

Category & Type :

Outdoors > Lakes

Location :

Orland CA

Phone :

530-275-1554

Website :

http://www.usbr.gov/dataweb/html/orland.html

Description

Stony Gorge Dam, completed in 1928, is on Stony Creek about 18 miles downstream from East Park Dam, 5 miles west of Fruito, and 20 miles west of the town of Willows in western Glenn County.  The reservoir, which has a storage capacity of 50,380 acre-feet, regulates flows along the lower reaches of Stony Creek and stores surplus water for irrigation purposes. Releases from the reservoir travel 22 miles down Stony Creek to the project's diversion points.