Popular Pages:. Official Resources. Subscribe to our Newsletter Get weekly travel inspiration, offers, contests, and more! Subscribe to our Newsletter Zip Code. I agree to get promotional emails sent. It reaches 2, feet above the surrounding terrain and is half a cubic mile large. Lassen has the highest snowfall in California and retains patches of snow at its peak throughout the year. Shasta Lake lies behind Shasta Dam, which is the second-largest dam in the U.
The attached rivers are considered separate arms that retain their environment and history. The Sacramento River runs miles down to the Pacific Ocean and is known for its abundant salmon. The Pit River is one of the only U. Rivers that crosses the Cascade Range. The McCloud River flows parallel to the Sacramento River and is famous for its unique waterfalls flowing over basaltic lava flows.
Tall evergreen trees and other greenery encompass the lake. Shasta Lake is warm in the summer, usually getting into the 80s and 90s. Northern California Water Association. Shasta Dam and Reservoir are located on the upper Sacramento River in northern California about 9 miles northwest of the City of Redding.
The entire reservoir is within Shasta County. The reservoir controls runoff from about 6, square miles from four major tributaries including the Sacramento, McCloud, and Pit Rivers, Squaw Creek, and from numerous minor creeks and streams. The total drainage area of the Sacramento River at the Delta is about 26, square miles.
The average annual runoff to the Delta from the Sacramento River watershed is about This represents about sixty-two percent of the total inflows to the Delta. Shasta Dam is a curved, gravity-type, concrete structure feet high above the streambed with a total height above the foundation of feet. The maximum seasonal flood control storage space in Shasta Reservoir is 1.
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