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Dossier #1027 · GRanD 1291

Alvin Wirtz Dam

🇺🇸United States · Colorado River River

Built 1951 · Dam · data quality: Good

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Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
36 m
Crest length
1,674 m
Reservoir capacity
280 MCM
Reservoir area
19 km²
Average depth
14.7 m
Catchment
92,281 km²
Avg discharge
62,334 L/s
Elevation
251 masl
Degree of regulation
14.2 %

Notes

Built 1951

Provenance

Record 1027 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 30.5602, -98.3408.