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-Add to Nimbus Dam Wikipedia Page it does not have much information on it. Actually Pretty Interested about this one and I think I can add to this one.

All that they have on Nimbus Dam on Wikipedia Page.

The Nimbus Dam is a base load hydroelectric dam on the American River near Folsom, California. Approximately 8,700 acre feet (10,700 dam3) of water is retained by the dam. It is responsible for the impoundment of water from the American River to create the Lake Natoma reservoir.

As part of the Central Valley Project (CVP), a federal water project that provides irrigation and municipal water to much of California's Central Valley, it was authorized in 1949 as a regulating reservoir for Folsom Dam, and a diversion pool for the Folsom South Canal. Construction began in 1952, and it opened in 1955. Nimbus Dam is located 7 miles downstream of Folsom Dam on the American River.

-Fishing Regulations below Nimbus Dam.

- Fishing under Nimbus Dam to the U.S. Geological Survey gauging station cable crossing about 300 yards down-stream from the Nimbus Fish Hatchery is not allowed as of March 1st 2018 Fishing with Barbed hooks are not allowed during the months of January 1st- October 31st. This is a way to prevent over-fishing as fish can not go beyond the Nimbus Dam.

-Species that live under the dam.

a.  Chinook Salmon, they start coming up the American river during the months of July through November where they swim up to the base of nimbus dam.

b.  Sockeye Salmon, They run during the months of July through November where they swim up to the base of nimbus dam.

-Steelhead run, These fish migrate from the ocean closely after the salmon run ends and will mainly eat salmon eggs and other small organisms as they migrate up. They get stopped at nimbus dam because this dam does not allow fish to migrate around the dam. If they are under 16 inches they are considered rainbow. If these fish are caught above the dam and are over 16 inches they are considered land locked Steelhead.

-Striper: They can be caught year round, a predator fish that can be caught under Nimbus Dam.

-Crayfish, they live throughout the American River and can be found above and below Nimbus Dam. Crayfish eat small fish and decaying fish on the bottom of the water column.

-Rainbow Trout: These fish are normally under 16 inches and can be found under the nimbus dam and above nimbus dam.

-Gage Descriptions:

- Eighteen radial gates, each 40-feet by 24-feet, control the flows. The amount of water released during spring times can range between 4,000cfs to 10,000cfs depending on how wet the rain year was in the Winter time the amount of water released from the dam will be the lower than spring times and but will not be less than 1,000cfs. This water that is released from the Nimbus Dam officially makes the Lower American River.

-Emergency Protocol At Nimbus Dam:

- A loud horn and flashing siren, along with posted signage, notifies the public to stay clear when releases will soon be increasing. In case of an over flow the spill way that is constructed with this dam can release water at Spillway Capacity at Elevation 300,000cfs at 126.5.

Associated with Nimbus Dam:

-Nimbus Powerplant is a run-of-the-river plant and provides station service backup for Folsom Powerplant. Nimbus Powerplant is located on the right abutment of the dam, on the river’s north side. Its two generators have a capacity of 7,763 kilowatts each. Water is supplied to the two 9,400 horsepower turbines that drive the generators through six 46.5-foot-long penstocks. Nimbus Dam and Powerplant began operating in 1955. Power generated by the Folsom and Nimbus Powerplants is marketed by the Western Area Power Administration.

- The Nimbus fish hatchery. The construction of Folsom and Nimbus Dams blocked access to natural spawning grounds of salmon and steelhead trout. To compensate for the loss of these spawning areas,The Bureau of Reclamation built and maintains a hatchery which is operated by the California Department of Fish and Game. The fish hatchery was constructed about a quarter of a mile downstream from Nimbus Dam. The hatchery is on the left bank of the river, about 0.3 mile below the dam. It is operated by the State of California with Reclamation funds. Work began on April 20, 1955 and was finished and accepted on October 17, 1955.

- The Sac State Aquatic Center. In 1981, the Associated Students of California State University, Sacramento (ASI) in collaboration with the University Union and State Parks reached a land use agreement and the Sac State Aquatic Center relocated from their temporary home up to the little peninsula and established a permanent home.

Site Description:

-The American River at Nimbus is composed of variable topography. Along the north side, the higher elevations consist of the resistant material (bedrock) that composes the bluffs and slopes along the American River, while on the south side the lower relief is the result of a combination of low topographic, erodible material located within the floodplain of the American River, and of areas of man-made embankment fills above natural grade.

Peer Review: ThomasDunker

After looking at the Nimbus Dam Wikipedia page you bring up a lot of good sections that can be added to help strengthen the content on that page. You did a good job mentioning the various species that live under the dam but I think it would be interesting to create a heading about one of those species and write a section about the positive and negatives the Nimbus Dam provides and how the Nimbus fish hatchery affects the populations. You did a great job providing strong information about the Nimbus dam and the major components but I would recommend providing a few pictures or even some graphs strengthen your credibility.

This is my draft so far. Not sure if you want more

Hi Jeremiah, what article are you thinking of contributing to? Please put your possibilities here. Julianfulton (talk) 21:38, 22 February 2019 (UTC)