The earthen dam was constructed in 1965 for flood control and irrigation water storage, with a height of 195 feet and a length of 1530 feet at its crest.
[1] It impounds the Middle Fork of the Yuba River as one of the ten facilities of the Nevada Irrigation District.
The dam is part of the Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric Project.
The site is surrounded by Tahoe National Forest.
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