Antelope Dam, Embankment dam in Plumas County, California, United States.
Antelope Dam is a 113-foot-high, 1,320-foot-long earthen embankment dam on Indian Creek in Plumas County, California, completed in 1964. It impounds Antelope Lake, a 931-acre reservoir with about 15 miles of forested shoreline, fed by Indian, Boulder, Lone Rock, Antelope and Little Antelope Creeks. The site lies within Plumas National Forest.
The dam was completed in 1964 to manage water flow in the Feather River watershed. Its construction was part of a larger effort to control water supplies across the region.
The reservoir's name comes from Antelope Creek, one of five tributaries that feed it alongside Indian, Boulder, Lone Rock and Little Antelope Creeks. The surrounding Antelope Lake Recreation Area holds 194 campsites, and the lake is stocked with rainbow and brook trout, smallmouth and largemouth bass and channel catfish for anglers.
The reservoir is accessed by driving through Plumas National Forest via local roads that require some travel time from the nearest town. Visit during warmer months for more comfortable conditions in this higher elevation area.
Antelope Lake is stocked with rainbow and brook trout, and also holds smallmouth bass, largemouth bass and channel catfish. The Antelope Complex, Moonlight and Walker fires all burned near the lake, shaping the forest around the reservoir.
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