Folsom Dam
Folsom Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the American River of Northern California in the United States, about 25 mi northeast of Sacramento. The dam is 340 ft high and 1,400 ft long, flanked by earthen wing dams.Photo: The Oaked Ridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- Type: Power station
- Description: dam in Folsom, California
- Also known as: “Folsom Powerplant”
Photo: Pacific Southwest Region USFWS, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Folsom State Prison and California State Prison, Sacramento.
Folsom State Prison
Prison
Photo: Vidor, Public domain.
Folsom California State Prison is a California State Prison in Folsom, California, United States, approximately 20 miles northeast of the state capital of Sacramento. Folsom State Prison is situated 1 mile south of Folsom Dam.
California State Prison, Sacramento
Prison
California State Prison, Sacramento is a male-only state prison located in the city of Folsom, in Sacramento County, California. The facility is also referenced as Sacramento State Prison, CSP-Sacramento, CSP-SAC, and occasionally, New Folsom or New Folsom Prison which was its official name prior to October 1992. California State Prison, Sacramento is situated 1 mile south of Folsom Dam.
Folsom City Zoo Sanctuary
Zoo
The Folsom City Zoo Sanctuary is a zoo and animal sanctuary located in the city of Folsom, California, in the United States, which has been open since 1963. Folsom City Zoo Sanctuary is situated 1½ miles south of Folsom Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Folsom and El Dorado Hills.
Folsom
Photo: The Oaked Ridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Folsom is a city of 82,000 people in Sacramento County in California. Folsom is home to Folsom Lake College, Folsom Dam, Folsom Prison and a historic district. Folsom is also home to the largest private employer in the Sacramento area, Intel.
El Dorado Hills
Photo: Vince Migliore, CC BY 3.0.
El Dorado Hills is an unincorporated town and census-designated place in El Dorado County, California. Located in the Greater Sacramento region of Northern California, it had a population of 50,547 at the 2020 census, up from 42,108 at the 2010 census.
Folsom Dam
- Categories: gravity dam, hydroelectric power station, and industry
- Location: Sacramento County, Sacramento Valley, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.7068° or 38° 42′ 25″ northLongitude
-121.1585° or 121° 9′ 31″ westInception
May 1955Open location code
84CWPR4R+PJOpenStreetMap ID
way 28517690OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q5464857
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Folsom Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Folsom Dam”
- Czech: “Vodní nádrž Folsom”
- German: “Talsperre Folsom”
- Hebrew: “סכר פולסום”
- Japanese: “フォルサム・ダム”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Folsom-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Folsom-demningen”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Фолсом”
- “Folsom Dam”
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Notable Places Nearby
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