AAA-0279 · Archive record
SHASTA DAM
16349 Shasta Dam Blvd, Shasta Lake, CA 96019
A digital archive object associated with SHASTA DAM.
Source description / title
SHASTA DAM
SHASTA DAM — PropyKeys ERC-721 digital asset associated with 16349 Shasta Dam Blvd, Shasta Lake, CA 96019
Archive summary
An onchain digital twin associated with 16349 Shasta Dam Blvd, Shasta Lake, CA 96019.
Archive significance
Filed in Dams, Water & Hydroelectric Infrastructure within the Energy & National Infrastructure collection, with the archive tags Water / Hydroelectric.
Original authored description
DIGITAL ASSET DESCRIPTION The RWA tied to Shasta Dam represents ownership exposure to one of the most important water infrastructure assets ever constructed in California. Rising across the Sacramento River in Northern California, the facility serves as the centerpiece of a vast resource-management system that helps sustain agriculture, communities, industry, and economic activity throughout the state. What makes this asset unique is its position at the top of California's water hierarchy. The reservoir created by Shasta Dam functions as one of the state's largest and most important freshwater reserves, storing and regulating resources that support millions of people and some of the most productive agricultural land in the world. Few infrastructure projects exert such broad influence over a state's long-term resource security. Unlike dams defined primarily by navigation or regional power generation, Shasta Dam derives its significance from stewardship at scale. The facility helps manage water availability across seasons, drought cycles, and changing environmental conditions while contributing renewable hydroelectric power to the electrical grid. Its role extends beyond a single river system and into the foundation of California's broader water strategy. The blockchain use case associated with this asset demonstrates how infrastructure responsible for safeguarding critical resources can be permanently preserved within an immutable digital framework. Through tokenization, blockchain technology creates an enduring record capable of documenting provenance, ownership history, and the digital representation of infrastructure that supports long-term societal resilience. The significance of this address is that it represents one of California's most important infrastructure assets, serving as the Crown Reservoir of California that safeguards freshwater resources, supports renewable energy production, and helps sustain the economic and agricultural systems upon which millions depend.
Catalog placement
- Primary world
- Energy & National Infrastructure
- Primary group
- Dams, Water & Hydroelectric Infrastructure
- Geography
- California
- Archive revision
- 2026-08-20
- Archive flags
- CURATORIAL 100
Layer 01 — Source Record
- Token ID
- 308707
- Network
- Base
- Standard
- ERC-721
- Contract
- 0xa239b9b3e00637f29f6c7c416ac95127290b950e
- Canonical Record Fingerprint
- Chain ID: 8453 (Base Mainnet)
Record Hash (SHA-256): 687f8d0aea84ea1dfe3a3a8103b36a53e0d0bcd82d6adace6fe10e1feb3a0dbb
Layer 02 — Archive Reading · Source Trail
This record is drawn from the complete inventory and the curatorial catalog.
- Source title
- SHASTA DAM
- Source artifacts
- AAA-INV-2026-v1.0 · Canonical Token & Address Inventory Ledger (566 Records) · Complete Inventory · AAA-CAT-2026-v1.0 · Primary Group Taxonomy & Curatorial Classification Registry (36 Groups) · Curatorial Catalog · AAA-DESC-2026-v1.0 · Systemic Significance & Portfolio Crosswalk Compendium · RWA Description
- Onchain reference
- Base · ERC-721 · Token 308707
This record is the mirrored digital twin onchain associated with 16349 Shasta Dam Blvd, Shasta Lake, CA 96019.
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