Oroville Dam

Oroville Dam is an earthfill embankment dam on the east of the city of , in the Sierra Nevada foothills east of the .
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  • Type: Dam
  • Description: earthfill embankment dam in Oroville, California
  • Also known as: “Oroville-demningen” and “ഒറിവില്ലെ അണക്കെട്ട്”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oroville and Oregon City.

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is a small town in the Sierra Nevada foothills of Northern .

Hamlet
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, formerly Bloomingdale and Hengy… is situated 4½ miles northwest of Oroville Dam.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. is situated 6 miles south of Oroville Dam.

Oroville Dam

Latitude
39.53735° or 39° 32′ 15″ north
Longitude
-121.48471° or 121° 29′ 5″ west
Elevation
938 feet (286 metres)
Open location code
84FWGGP8+W4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 474271033
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Geo­Names ID
5379765
Wiki­data ID
Q1425594
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Oroville Dam” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سد أوروفيل”
  • Belarusian: “Оравілская плаціна”
  • Catalan: “presa d’Oroville”
  • Catalan: “Presa d’Oroville”
  • Cebuano: “Oroville Dam”
  • Chinese: “奥罗维尔坝”
  • Chinese: “奧羅維爾壩”
  • Chinese: “奧羅維爾水壩”
  • Czech: “Oroville”
  • Dutch: “Oroville Dam”
  • Estonian: “Oroville’i pais”
  • Finnish: “Orovillen pato”
  • French: “barrage d’Oroville”
  • French: “Barrage d’Oroville”
  • French: “Barrage dOroville”
  • German: “Oroville Dam”
  • German: “Oroville-Staudamm”
  • Hebrew: “סכר אורוויל”
  • Italian: “diga di Oroville”
  • Italian: “Diga di Oroville”
  • Japanese: “オーロビル・ダム”
  • Japanese: “オーロビルダム”
  • Kazakh: “Оровилл бөгеті”
  • Malayalam: “ഒറൊവിൽ അണക്കെട്ട്”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Orovilledemningen”
  • Norwegian: “Orovilledemningen”
  • Persian: “Oroville سد”
  • Persian: “سد اوروویل”
  • Russian: “Оровиллская плотина”
  • Scots: “Oroville Dam”
  • Spanish: “Presa de Oroville”
  • Swedish: “Orovilledammen”
  • Ukrainian: “Гребля Оровілл”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: The Ridge Homeowners Association and South Oroville.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Control Room and Oroville Switchyard.

Butte County: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Chico and Oroville.

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