Terminus Dam

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Terminus Dam
Terminus Dam from Corp of Engineer's Visitor Center
Official name	Terminus Dam
Impounds	Kaweah River
Creates	Lake Kaweah
Locale	Tulare County, California
Maintained by	Corps of Engineers
Opening date	1962
Capacity	183,300 acre-feet (226,000,000 m³)
Catchment area	560 square miles (1,500 km²)

Lake Kaweah is a lake near Lemon Cove in Tulare County, California. The lake is formed by Terminus Dam on the Kaweah River. The river originates in the Sierra Nevada mountains and drains about 560 square miles (1,500 km²) into Lake Kaweah. From Lake Kaweah, the river passes near the city of Visalia as it flows west into the Tulare Lakebed. The lake has a capacity of 183,300 acre-feet (226,000,000 m³). Built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Terminus Dam was completed in 1962 to provide flood control and water for irrigation. A project to raise the lake 21 feet (6 m) was completed in 2004. The project included the construction of six 21-feet (6 m) tall fusegates in the spillway. The lake now impounds an additional 42,000 acre-feet (52,000,000 m³) of water and downstream flood protection to downstream communities and agricultural land has been increased.