French Meadows Reservoir Boat Ramps

2 boat launches are mapped on French Meadows Reservoir in Placer County, California.

French Meadows Reservoir facts

Surface area1,420 acres
TypeReservoir
Average depthabout 94 ft (normal storage ÷ surface area)
Shoreline lengthabout 7.8 miles
Surface elevation17,267 ft above sea level
DamL. L. Anderson, completed 1965
Dam size231 ft high, 2,700 ft long, earth dam
Dam purposesIrrigation, Recreation, Hydroelectric, Water Supply
Dam ownerPlacer County Water Agency (Local Government)
Normal storage134,000 acre-feet
Impounded streamMiddle Fork American River

Sources: USGS National Hydrography Dataset (public domain); HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016, CC BY 4.0); U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams (NID ID CA00856). Matched to this page by name and location; modelled values are approximate. See all sources.

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