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Dossier #941 · GRanD 1861

Buzzards Roost Embankment

🇺🇸United States · Saluda River River

Built 1940 · Dam · data quality: Good

HydroelectricityRecreation
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
25 m
Crest length
732 m
Reservoir capacity
315.8 MCM
Reservoir area
36.7 km²
Average depth
8.6 m
Catchment
3,030 km²
Avg discharge
59,015 L/s
Elevation
138 masl
Degree of regulation
17 %

Provenance

Record 941 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 34.1736, -81.9101.