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Title Information about the Lake
Oroville State Recreation Area (LOSRA) |
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Abstract
An aerial picture of the
Lake Oroville Dam Lake
Oroville is located in Butte County about 1 hour 30 minutes north of
Sacramento, California near the city of Oroville. It is a manmade lake that generates various
resources to the local economy. The
water volume at full capacity is 4.363537×109 m3 or 4,363,537,000 cubic
meters 4.3 Billion cubic meters of water.
The area around this lake provides for many recreational activities. |
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Introduction
A graphic image of the Lake
Oroville State Recreation Area History Prior to impoundment by the Oroville
Dam, the current main basin of Lake Oroville was the
location of the confluence of the North Fork Feather River with the Feather
River ( Lake Oroville has many fish species including: Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted
Bass, Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Lake Trout, King Salmon, Coho Salmon, and
Crappie. There are four major Boat
launching ramps around the lake. Lake
Oroville has approximately 167 miles of shoreline to fish from giving great
opportunities to catch fish. The
fisherman needs to remember it’s called Fishing not necessarily Catching. |
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Background I
limited my research of 3 items about the Lake Oroville State Recreation area
and how it helps out the local community of Oroville, California. There is an abundant of reasons how Lake
Oroville contributes to the local economy but by limiting myself to three
items I was able to focus on a few major reasons how the Lake Oroville State
Recreation Area contributes to the local economy. I
performed various searches via the internet to find information about the
Lake Oroville area. I then targeted my
researched to a few of the websites which had current information about the
Lake Oroville State Recreation Area and the local events held throughout the
year. I
also talked with some of the local people including a State Park Ranger about
the Lake Oroville State Recreation Area.
I was told that Lake Oroville was one of the few parks that actually
make money for the Park system. There
wasn’t a lot of information about the history of the Lake Oroville Dam to be
found except for the year it was started and finished and the geographic
coordinate information of the dam.
There are however additional links under History which takes you to
various Wikipedia information about Lake Oroville. |
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Methods 1. The water from the lake storage is run
through turbines which are used to generate power. 2. Sport enthusiasts from water skiing to fishing
(one of the few areas for year around fishing) utilize Lake Oroville. 3. LOSRA has one of the few equestrian camps
in California for overnight camping with 15 campsites and access to over 18
miles of trails with many amenities of home, including hot showers. |
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The Hyatt Powerplant is located
in rock in the left abutment near the axis of Oroville Dam, Edward Hyatt
Powerplant is an underground, hydroelectric, pumping-generating facility.
Construction of the plant began in 1964 and was completed in 1967. Hyatt Powerplant maximizes power production through a
pumped-storage operation where water, released for power in excess of local
and downstream requirements, is returned to storage in Lake Oroville during
off-peak periods and is used for generation during peak power demands. Water from the lake is conveyed to the units through
penstocks and branch lines. After passing through the units, water is
discharged through the draft tubes to one free surface and one full-flow
tailrace tunnel. The facility was named for Edward Hyatt, who was State
Engineer (1927-1950) of the Division of Water Resources under the Department
of Public Works. The Division was the predecessor to the Department of Water
Resources Pumping
Generating
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Sport enthusiasts have access to the Lake for most
of the year. Fishing tournaments are
held year around. Fishing Lake Oroville State Recreation Area
Down river from Lake
Oroville lie some of the best salmon fishing grounds in the state. Fishing Lake Oroville Fishing is what Lake Oroville is famous
for. Known as the best Bass lake in
California, Lake Oroville plays host to several bass tournaments throughout
the year. But Lake Oroville isn't just for pros. Everybody has a good time
fishing here. The marina rents all sizes of fishing boats, and Bait &
Tackle supplies are available, too. |
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Lake
Oroville also has one a large Marina for mooring boats. These boats are of various varieties from
fishing boats, to house boats to sail boats.
If you don’t own a boat the Marina also has boats to rent for the day
or the week or weekend. |
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Results After researching data about the Lake Oroville Recreation
Area, I had to weed out data that was useful.
Much of the data obtained was outdated from a few years back so I had
to keep researching until I found information relating to current events. Lake Oroville like other bodies of water is
dependent on mother nature and the amount of rainfall that occurs during the
year. This year we have had a very
good year for rain and snow pack in the mountains which should make it a good
year for revenue from boating and fishermen. |
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Analysis The
internet was very useful for finding out information about the Lake Oroville
Area. This project was interesting for
me since I live near Lake Oroville and was able to gather data about the area
and what there is to do for recreation and entertainment is very nice to find
out. There is always something new and
interesting that can be found out by doing research. |
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Conclusions Having
Lake Oroville provides a bunch of resources to the local economy in the form
of jobs. Water Resources, California
State Parks are some of the State of California jobs which work directly at
the LOSRA site. The Department of
Water Resources generates electricity from the Power plants housed there at
the Dam. The Lake and the Recreation
Area provide various forms of recreational opportunities for people and when
visiting the area they purchase various items from the local community. This
year there should be more boating because there is an abundance of water storage
for Lake Oroville as of May 10, 2011 the lake level is 887.45 feet above mean
sea level. A full pool would be 900.00
feet above mean sea level. This also
means that the active boating season should go much longer than normal. |
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References Wikipedia Article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Oroville
web link http://lakelevelalert.com/oroville-current-lake-level-california.php http://www.101thingstodo.net/oroville/17.shtml |
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