| Abstract: | This report presents selected characteristics of 2,728 reservoirs and controlled natural lakes located within the 50 States of the United States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Data are presented for reservoirs that have normal capacities of at least 5,000 acre-ft or maximum capacities of at least 25,000 acre-ft and that were completed as of January 1, 1988. Reservoir data include: location, maximum capacity, normal capacity, surface area, drainage area, year completed, and use. The normal capacities of the 2,728 reservoirs and controlled natural lakes total more than 467 million acre-ft, and the combined surface areas for 2,362 of those reservoirs total almost 16 million acres. More than 9% (259) of the reservoirs are located in California. The total normal capacity of reservoirs in California is more than 40 million acre-ft (about 8.6% of the total normal capacity for the United States and Puerto Rico), and the total surface area is almost 700,000 acres (about 4.4% of the listed total surface area for the United States and Puerto Rico). (USGS) |
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| ProdID: | 20712 |
| Citation Author: | Ruddy, B. C.; Hitt, K. J. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | iii, 295 p. :ill. ;28 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey :
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| Citation Series: | Open-File Report |
| Citation Series Code: | OFR |
| Citation Series Number: | 90-163 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Summary of selected characteristics of large reservoirs in the United States and Puerto Rico, 1988; 1990; OFR; 90-163; Ruddy, B. C.; Hitt, K. J. |
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| Citation Year: | 1990 |
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| Text: | Summary of selected characteristics of large reservoirs in the United States and Puerto Rico, 1988; 1990; OFR; 90-163; Ruddy, B. C.; Hitt, K. J. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1990/0163/report-thumb.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1990/0163/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey :
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