Camanche Dam

Camanche Dam is an earthfill Dam on the Mokelumne River in the central California, about 20 mi from East Lodi. The dam and reservoir lie in the Sierra Nevada foothills in San Joaquin County. Construction of Camanche Dam was started in 1963 and completed in 1964. East Bay Municipal Utilities District owns and operates it. The purpose of Camanche Dam and reservoir is to provide flood control, water flows for agriculture, habitat for fisheries and recreation for community.

The dam impounds Camanche reservoir. The capacity of Camanche Dam is approximately 431,000-acre feet with 200,000-acre feet of the flood control reservation. This reserve for flood storage can be shared with Pardee Dam just upstream. The approximately 173-foot-high and 2,640-foot-long dam is located on the Mokelumne River which is about 10 miles downstream from Pardee Dam. Because Camanche Dam has a 627-square-mile drainage area which accounts for about 95 percent of the watershed, the dam and reservoir provide flood damage reduction on the Mokelumne River. Camanche Dam and reservoir also maintain downstream water requirements.

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