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recreation amenities proposed to be cost shared equally between the corps and the county and to be maintained by the county. The majority of the existing recreation amenities in the basin were built between 1976 and 1984. The recreation amenities constructed during this time period were jointly developed by the corps and county on a cost shared basis. The original lease with the county was signed in May 1976 with a term of 50 years. In 1984 at the completion of the recreation amenities, the lease was amended to extend through
December 2036. A master plan update in 1995 reflected 1995 conditions and proposed additional recreation development.
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The reservoir formed behind Santa Fe has a maximum capacity of 45,409 acre⋅ft (56,011,000 m) at spillway crest, 21 feet (6.4 m) below the top of the dam itself. Water releases from the dam are controlled by two sets of gates. The outlet works, located at the base of the dam, are fed by
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Angeles County Board of Supervisors passed a resolution in 1955 stating that the county wished to develop recreation amenities in the basin, but funds committed elsewhere precluded recreation development at the basin until 1974. A Master Plan was prepared by the corps in 1975. It described
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During the summer and autumn months, most of the water flowing into the Santa Fe reservoir is diverted into the Santa Fe
Spreading Grounds, located near the upper end of the flood control basin, helping to recharge
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Dams, to provide flood protection to cities along the San
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666:"The San Gabriel River: Past and Present"
484:List of reservoirs and dams in California
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1059:Dams in Los Angeles County, California
715:"Flood Control and Water Conservation"
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609:National Performance of Dams Program
1069:Geography of the San Gabriel Valley
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904:LA Department of Water and Power
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778:CA Department of Water Resources
577:"Santa Fe Dam Recreational Area"
470:are owned and maintained by the
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722:San Gabriel River Flood Control
642:Engineering and Science Monthly
633:Janes, Robert (December 1943).
1064:San Gabriel River (California)
770:Los Angeles County, California
354:Santa Fe Dam Recreational Area
306:is a flood-control dam on the
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815:LA Department of Public Works
193:23,800 ft (7,300 m)
370:Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area
360:Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area
340:U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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23:Dam in Irwindale, California
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283:Face of Santa Fe Dam
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945:Los Angeles
878:Santa Anita
873:San Gabriel
828:Big Tujunga
503:"Hydrology"
452:groundwater
440:San Gabriel
310:located in
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80:117°58′21″W
68:Coordinates
1053:Categories
950:Mulholland
929:Dry Canyon
923:Chatsworth
843:Eaton Wash
823:Big Dalton
728:2011-11-25
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562:2018-06-03
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418:Operations
394:Statistics
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885:(disused)
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172:Impounds
141:Owner(s)
54:Location
918:Bouquet
858:Pacoima
796:Pyramid
786:Castaic
424:dry dam
390:areas.
334:History
227:Creates
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883:Sawpit
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