Friant Dam
Friant Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the San Joaquin River in central California in the United States, on the boundary of Fresno and Madera Counties.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Madera/Fresno Counties, California
- Also known as: “Friant Dike Dam”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Friant and Sumner Hill.
Friant
Locality
Photo: Kjkolb, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Friant is a census-designated place in Fresno County, California, United States. The population was 446 at the 2020 census, down from 549 at the 2010 census. Friant is located 11.5 miles north of Clovis, at an elevation of 344 feet.
Sumner Hill
Hamlet
Sumner Hill is an unincorporated community in Madera County, California. Lying at an elevation of 535 feet, it is 6+1⁄2 miles north of Woodland Park in Fresno. Sumner Hill is situated 4 miles southwest of Friant Dam.
Friant Dam
- Categories: gravity dam and hydroelectric power station
- Location: Madera County, San Joaquin Valley, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.00055° or 37° 0′ 2″ northLongitude
-119.70511° or 119° 42′ 18″ westElevation
541 feet (165 metres)Height
318 feet (97 metres)Open location code
8592272V+6XOpenStreetMap ID
way 75918261OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=damGeoNames ID
5351004Wikidata ID
Q5503341
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Japanese—“Friant Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Friant Dam”
- Czech: “Friant Dam”
- German: “Talsperre Friant”
- Hebrew: “סכר פריאנט”
- Japanese: “フライアントダム”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Friant and Millerton.
Nearby Places
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