Boca Dam (National ID No. CA10135) is an earthfill dam and a part of the Truckee Storage Project that encompasses Nevada County, California and Washoe County, Nevada in the United States. Open year-round, it is located at the southern end of Boca Reservoir, 1 mi north of Interstate 80, 0.3 mi above the confluence of the Little Truckee River and the Truckee River, and 6 mi northeast of Truckee, California. Reno, Nevada lies 27 mi to the east. Boca Dam's area of significance includes agriculture, conservation, and engineering. It is administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, and operated by the Washoe County Water Conservation District. The technical point of contact is the United States District Court Water Master's Office in Reno. The dam's major period of significance was 1925 through 1949.

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The dam is registered in the National Register of Historic Places. Its commemorative plaque states: Boca Dam 1937 - 1940 United States Department of the Interior Harold L. Ickes...Secretary Bureau of Reclamation John C. Page...Commissioner R. F. Walter...Chief Engineer L. J. Foster and C. S. Hale Construction Engineers Heigh..............116 Feet Length..............1629 Feet Storage Capacity....40,901 Acre-Feet Contractor..........George W. Condon Co.