A bucket list of mine is to travel, document & photograph nearly 750 of the largest lakes in the State of California with a minimum of 50 surface acres. My husband, Jeff, our two water loving Chocolate Labradors, Summer & Skye joined me on several of these trips. This blog includes pictures I have taken & information I have gathered: size, elevation and any other unique facts. Enjoy and feel free to leave a comment along the journey & watch my blog for new lakes I have visited.
Tuesday, July 25, 2017
Thermalito Afterbay - Butte County, California
Visited on 7/23/2017 – Picture taken on a weekend camping trip in our Truck Camper and Boat with Jeff and our dogs, Summer and Skye. We visited Thermalito Afterbay on our way home on Sunday afternoon, picture taken while traveling west of Oroville crossing the northern portion of the Afterbay on Highway 162. The Thermalito Afterbay is located about six miles west of the city of Oroville and is an offstream reservoir. The Afterbay provides storage for the water required by the pumpback operation to Lake Oroville, helps regulate the power system, produces controlled flow in the Feather River downstream from the Oroville-Thermalito facilities, and provides recreation. It also serves as a warming basin for agricultural water delivered to farms east of the Afterbay. Thermalito Afterbay Dam and facility was constructed from 1965 to 1968. The Afterbay is located at 138 feet above sea level and has a surface area that measures 4,302 acres in size.
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