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Dossier #844 · GRanD 7311

Elk City Lake

🇺🇸United States · Elk River River · Mississippi Basin · near Independence

Built 1966 · Dam · data quality: Fair

Water supplyFlood controlRecreationOther
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
33 m
Crest length
1,475 m
Reservoir capacity
1 km³
Reservoir area
13 km²
Average depth
81 m
Catchment
1,686 km²
Avg discharge
14,257 L/s
Elevation
241 masl
Degree of regulation
233.3 %

Notes

Cap_min from Lakes polygon; dam is primarily for flood control so polygon may not reflect full volume; average depth still greater than dam height even when using reported area (larger than polygon area)

Built 1966

Provenance

Record 844 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 37.2758, -95.7844.