Monticello Dam is a 304-foot (93 m) high concrete arch dam in Napa County California United States constructed between 1953 and 1957. The dam impounded Putah Creek to create Lake Berryessa currently the seventh largest man-made lake in California. Water from the reservoir primarily supplies agriculture in the Sacramento Valley downstream. The dam is noted for its classic uncontrolled morning-glory type spillway. The diameter at the lip is 72 ft (22 m).
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