San Gabriel Dam
San Gabriel Dam is a rock-fill dam on the San Gabriel River in Los Angeles County, California, within the Angeles National Forest. Completed in 1939, the dam impounds the main stem of the San Gabriel River about 2.5 miles downstream from the confluence of the river's East and West Forks, which drain a large portion of the San Gabriel Mountains.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Dam
- Description: dam on the San Gabriel River in Los Angeles County, California, USA
- Also known as: “San Gabriel Number 1 32-019 Dam”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Morris Reservoir and Morris Dam.
Morris Reservoir
Reservoir
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Morris Reservoir is located in the San Gabriel Mountains, within the Angeles National Forest, in Los Angeles County, California. It is impounded by Morris Dam, which was completed in 1935.
Morris Dam
Dam
Morris Dam is a concrete gravity dam across the San Gabriel River in the U.S. state of California. It impounds Morris Reservoir, directly downstream of San Gabriel Dam. Morris Dam is situated 2½ miles southwest of San Gabriel Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glendora and Azusa.
Glendora
Town
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Glendora is a city in the San Gabriel Valley in Los Angeles County, 25 miles northeast of Downtown Los Angeles. As of the 2020 census, the population of Glendora was 52,558. Glendora is situated 5 miles south of San Gabriel Dam.
Azusa
Town
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Azusa is a city in the San Gabriel Valley region of Los Angeles County, California, United States, at the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains and located 20 miles east of downtown Los Angeles. Azusa is situated 6 miles southwest of San Gabriel Dam.
San Gabriel Dam
- Category: embankment dam
- Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
34.20548° or 34° 12′ 20″ northLongitude
-117.86015° or 117° 51′ 37″ westElevation
1,463 feet (446 metres)Open location code
8564644Q+5WOpenStreetMap ID
way 784626539OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to German—“San Gabriel Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “San Gabriel Dam”
- German: “Talsperre San Gabriel”
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