Puddingstone Dam

Puddingstone Dam is a 147 ft (45 m) high earth and rockfill dam in the San Gabriel Valley, within San Dimas in eastern Los Angeles County, California.

Puddingstone Dam
Location of Puddingstone Dam in California
Country	United States
Location	San Dimas, Los Angeles County, California
Coordinates	34°05′25″N 117°48′33″W
Construction began	1925
Opening date	1928
Owner(s)	Los Angeles County Department of Public Works
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Rock-fill
Impounds	Walnut Creek
Height	147 ft (45 m)
Length	2,698 ft (822 m)
Spillways	Overflow
Reservoir
Creates	Puddingstone Reservoir
Total capacity	22,232 acre⋅ft (27,423,000 m^3)
Active capacity	16,342 acre⋅ft (20,158,000 m^3)
Catchment area	33.1 sq mi (86 km^2)
Surface area	490 acres (200 ha)
Power Station
Hydraulic head	135 ft (41 m)

The dam was built in 1928 by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works, which continues to operate it.

Geography

Puddingstone Dam serves mainly for flood control. It impounds Walnut Creek, a tributary of the San Gabriel River, to form Puddingstone Reservoir, which can hold more than 20,000 acre⋅ft (25,000,000 m³) of water.[1] The reservoir stores floodwater from both the Walnut Creek Wash, and also the San Dimas Wash, to which it is connected by a short artificial channel below San Dimas Dam.

See also

• List of dams and reservoirs in California
• San Gabriel River topics
• San Gabriel Valley topics

References

1. "Puddingstone". National Performance of Dams Program. Stanford University. Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2011-11-24.