Boca Dam
Boca Dam is an earthfill dam and a part of the Truckee Storage Project that encompasses Nevada County, California and Washoe County, Nevada in the United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Prosser Creek Dam.
Prosser Creek Dam
Dam
Prosser Creek Dam is a dam in Nevada County, California. The earthen and rockfill dam was constructed from 1959 to 1962 by the United States Bureau of Reclamation with a height of 163 feet feet and a crest length of 1,830 feet. Prosser Creek Dam is situated 2½ miles west of Boca Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Boca and Hirschdale.
Boca
Locality
Boca is a former settlement in Nevada County, California. Situated at an elevation of 5,528 ft above sea level, Boca is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad, 6.5 miles northeast of Truckee at exit 194 from Interstate 80 onto Hirschdale Road.
Hirschdale
Hamlet
Photo: Drew Jacksich, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hirschdale is an unincorporated community in Nevada County, California. It lies at an elevation of 5446 feet. Hirschdale is located 6.25 miles east-northeast of Truckee. Hirschdale is situated 2 miles southeast of Boca Dam.
Floriston
Hamlet
Floriston is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Nevada County, California. It is situated at an elevation of 5,400 ft above sea level. Floriston is situated 4 miles east of Boca Dam.
Boca Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: place in California listed on National Register of Historic Places
- Category: historic site
- Location: Nevada County, Gold Country, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.39008° or 39° 23′ 24″ northLongitude
-120.09523° or 120° 5′ 43″ westElevation
5,614 feet (1,711 metres)Open location code
84FX9WR3+2WOpenStreetMap ID
way 159932565OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
waterway=damGeoNames ID
5329723Wikidata ID
Q4936083
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Italian—“Boca Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Boca Dam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد بوكا”
- Italian: “diga di Boca”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as The Meadows and Hinton.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Boca Reservoir near Truckee and Little Truckee River below Boca Dam near Truckee.
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