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Dossier #156 · GRanD 1804

Cowans Ford

🇺🇸United States · Catawba River

Built 1963 · Dam · data quality: Good

HydroelectricityWater supplyRecreation
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
41 m
Crest length
2,663 m
Reservoir capacity
510.8 MCM
Reservoir area
112 km²
Average depth
4.6 m
Catchment
4,694 km²
Avg discharge
82,688 L/s
Elevation
227 masl
Degree of regulation
19.6 %

Provenance

Record 156 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 35.4357, -80.9521.