Prosser Creek Dam facts for kids

Prosser Creek Dam viewed from the south shore of Prosser Creek Reservoir

A fishing boat on the reservoir

Outflow from the main spillway into Prosser Creek

Prosser Creek Dam (National ID # CA10179) is a dam in Nevada County, California.

The earthen and rockfill dam was constructed from 1959 to 1962 by the United States Bureau of Reclamation with a height of 163 feet (50 m) feet and a crest length of 1,830 feet (560 m). It impounds Prosser Creek (a tributary of the Truckee River) for irrigation storage and winter and spring flood control, part of the Bureau's larger Washoe Project in the Tahoe region. The dam is owned and operated by the Bureau.

The reservoir it creates, Prosser Creek Reservoir, has a water surface of about 750 acres (300 ha), a shoreline of approximately 11 miles (18 km), and has a capacity of 29,800 acre-feet (36,800,000 m³). Recreation includes fishing (for rainbow and brown trout), boating, camping, hunting, and hiking.

Panoramic view of Prosser Creek Reservoir from atop the dam

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