Englebright Dam
Englebright Dam is a 280 ft high variable radius concrete arch dam on the Yuba River in the Sacramento River Basin, located in Yuba and Nevada counties of California, United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Philm555, Public domain.
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Nevada / Yuba counties, California
- Also known as: “Harry L. Englebright Dam”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mooney Flat and Smartsville.
Mooney Flat
Hamlet
Mooney Flat was an important mining and transportation hub in western Nevada County, California, just east of the Yuba County line. It was situated on modern Mooney Flat Road, about 1 mile north of modern Highway 20, at an elevation of about 800 ft. Mooney Flat is situated 1½ miles south of Englebright Dam.
Smartsville
Hamlet
Photo: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Smartsville is a census-designated place in Yuba County, California, United States, in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. It is one of the many historic towns in California's gold country, and is today a California Historical Landmark. Smartsville is situated 2½ miles southwest of Englebright Dam.
Timbuctoo
Hamlet
Timbuctoo is an unincorporated community in Yuba County, California. It lies northwest of Smartsville, at an elevation of 397 feet. Timbuctoo is situated 3 miles southwest of Englebright Dam.
Englebright Dam
- Category: arch dam
- Location: Yuba County, Sacramento Valley, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.23949° or 39° 14′ 22″ northLongitude
-121.2697° or 121° 16′ 11″ westElevation
499 feet (152 metres)Inception
1941Height
279 feet (85 metres)Operator
Army Corp of EngineersOpen location code
84FW6PQJ+Q4OpenStreetMap ID
way 92797656OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=damGeoNames ID
5355580Wikidata ID
Q5378079
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Chinese—“Englebright Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Harry L Englebright Lake Dam”
- Chinese: “恩格勒布萊特水壩”
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