Sly Park Dam is located near Placerville California in the United States. The dam impounds Sly Park Creek a tributary in the Cosumnes River watershed to form a 41000 acre foot (51000 dam3) 650-acre (260 ha) reservoir called Jenkinson Lake. It was constructed as part of the American River Division of the Central Valley Project to provide irrigation water to a portion of El Dorado County California. The dam was begun on May 1953 with clearing operations and was completed in mid 1955.
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