Pacoima Dam & ReservoirThe Pacoima Dam was built in 1929 in order to provide flood control and water conservation (LADPW) It is at 1,950 feet elevation and has a capacity of >6,000 acre-feet. In the winter of '04/'05 when this picture was taken, it filled with sediment-rich water and debris.
Topics Storm Events of Winter '04/'05 Links You can find historic Pacoima reservoir inflow and outflow information at this site http://ladpw.org/wrd/report/0102/resv/summary.cfm. Select Pacoima from the pull-down menu.
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