Lake Tulloch - Calaveras & Tuolumne Counties, California

Visited on 1/20/2017 – Rainy winter day with partial clouds and lots of rain runoff emptying into the Lake.  Picture taken from a pullout off of O’Byrne’s Ferry Road after proctoring the Drinking Water Operator Examination at Baseline Conservation Camp near Jamestown, CA.  This reservoir/lake is formed by Tulloch Dam.  Tulloch Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Stanislaus River in central California. The dam is part of the Stanislaus River Tri-Dam project cooperatively owned by the Oakdale and South San Joaquin Irrigation Districts, and was completed in 1958. It serves mainly for irrigation purposes but also has a power station with a capacity of 18 megawatts. This beautiful and scenic foothill lake is 1,260 acres at an elevation of 510 feet above sea level.