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The Center for Disaster Resilience Oroville Dam, California California Department of Water Resources Oroville Incident — 12-14 February 2017

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Oroville Dam, California California Department of Water Resources

Oroville Incident — 12-14 February 2017

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Oroville

Folsom

SFO

LAX

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Oroville Dam, California State Water ProjectEarthen embankment dam on the Feather River

Water storage, Flood control, Hydroelectric power generation, and Water quality improvement

Built 1961-1968Tallest earth dam in the United States, 230 mStorage 4.4 km3

Six power-generating turbines, 819 megawatts (MW)Oroville Dam Reservoir Regulation Manual USACE

Oroville Dam, California 1961-1968

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Vertically Integrated Water

Vapor (IWV); shaded in

units of mm

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Main spillway 813 ft (248 m)

Auxiliary weir 901 ft (275 m)

1 CMS = 35 CFS

February 2017

~ 190,000 cfs5380 cms

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Main spillway 813 ft (248 m)

Auxiliary weir 901 ft (275 m)

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Main (service) spillway Eight Tainter gates (4,200 cms = 150,000 cfs )