Sharp Creek

Sharp Creek is a stream in Fresno County, San Joaquin Valley, California and has an elevation of 6,562 feet. Sharp Creek is situated nearby to the locality China Camp, as well as near Sierra.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Helms Pumped Storage Plant.

Power station

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The Helms Pumped Storage Plant is located 50 miles east of Fresno, California, in the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range's Sierra National Forest. It is a power station that uses Helms Creek canyon on the North Fork of the Kings River for off-river water storage and the pumped-storage hydroelectric method to generate electricity.

Latitude

37.02911° or 37° 1′ 45″ north

Longitude

-118.969° or 118° 58′ 8″ west

Elevation

6,562 feet (2,000 metres)

Open location code

859322HJ+JC

GeoNames ID

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