San Antonio Dam (San Bernardino County)
The dam was built by the Los Angeles District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The dam is 3,850 feet (1,170 m) long, 160 feet (49 m) high above the foundation, and 130 feet (40 m) above the riverbed. The main embankment contains 6,050,000 cubic yards (4,630,000 m) of material. The reservoir behind the dam is usually dry, but can fill with up to 11,880 acre-feet (14,650,000 m) of water after large flooding events. A concrete overflow spillway on the west side prevents overtopping and drains to the San Antonio and Chino Creek channels, which were lined with concrete between 1956 and 1960 to protect against such an event.
A project has been underway since 2012 to remediate seepage problems at the toe of the dam during heavy rainstorms. The dam is considered a high hazard structure.
See also
References
- ^ "San Antonio Dam". National Performance of Dams Program. Stanford University. Retrieved 2014-01-01.
- ^ "Dam Safety Program: San Antonio Dam". U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Retrieved 2014-01-01.
- ^ "San Antonio Dam Safety, CA". U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 2012-07-27. Retrieved 2013-01-01.