New Melones Dam
Dam in Calaveras County, California · Stanislaus River · forms New Melones Lake
Height
625 ft
190 m (NID height)
Length
1,560 ft
475 m
Completed
1979
New Melones Lake today
1,004.08 ft
7 days ▼ 0.91 ft
Normal storage
2,720,000 acre-ft
Reservoir level measured Oct 21, 2026, 1:00 AM PDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Hydroelectric; Irrigation; Recreation; Water Supply
- Dam type
- Rockfill
- Structural height
- 625 ft
- Owner
- BUREAU OF RECLAMATION (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 2,870,000 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 13,450 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 578 ft
- Drainage area
- 904 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled
- Army Corps district
- San Francisco District
- Also known as
- New Melones Lake
- NID ID
- CA10246
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Nov 21, 2024. Search NID ID CA10246 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.