Poe Dam

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| image = Poe Dam, Feather River Canyon-0070.jpg

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| image_caption = The Poe Dam in March 2022

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| location_map_caption = Location of Poe Dam in California

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| location = Butte County, California, United States

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| opening = {{start date and age|1953}}

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| dam_type = Gated overflow dam

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| dam_crosses = North Fork Feather River

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| plant_capacity = 120 MW

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Poe Dam is a concrete gravity diversion dam on the North Fork Feather River, about {{convert|5|mi|km}} north of Lake Oroville in Butte County, California in the United States. Completed in 1959, the dam is the lowermost component of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company's Feather River Canyon Power Project, a system of 10 hydroelectric stations along the North Fork.{{cite web

|url=http://www.wreco.com/projects/sedimenttransport/poereservoir.html

|title=Poe Reservoir Sediment Study – Plumas County, California

|publisher=WRECO

|work=Sediment Transport & Erosion Control

|date=

|accessdate=2013-06-16}} The dam is {{convert|60|ft|m|abbr=on}} high and {{convert|440|ft|m|abbr=on}} long, with water flows controlled by four {{convert|50|x|41|ft|m|abbr=on}} radial gates.{{cite web

|url=https://www.wplives.com/frc/stairway_of_power.php

|title=Feather River 'Stairway of Power'

|publisher=Western Pacific Online

|date=

|accessdate=2019-03-01}}

The dam diverts water through an {{convert|6.3|mi|km|adj=on}} tunnel to the 120 megawatt Poe Powerhouse, located on the upper reaches of Lake Oroville. The powerhouse has a rated hydraulic head of {{convert|477|ft|m|abbr=on}}, generating about 500 million kilowatt hours annually.{{cite news

|url=http://www.newsreview.com/chico/power-up/content?oid=25754

|title=Power up! County rolls dice with PG&E for control of Poe hydro plant

|author=Indar, Josh

|work=Chico News & Review

|date=2003-05-01

|accessdate=2013-06-16}}

On November 8, 2018, the Camp Fire, a destructive wildfire that destroyed the nearby community of Concow and the town of Paradise and caused multiple deaths, originated close to Poe Dam at the location of downed power lines across the Feather River.{{Cite news|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/11/09/pge-power-lines-may-have-sparked-deadly-butte-county-wildfire-according-to-radio-transmissions/|title=PG&E power lines may have sparked deadly Camp Fire, according to radio transmissions|last=Gafni|first=Matthias|date=2018-11-09|work=The Mercury News|access-date=2018-11-11|language=en-US}} In an initial comment, PG&E stated that a cause of the fire had not been determined yet and that there would be an investigation.

Poe Dam is a popular kayaking site.