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Dossier #2304 · GRanD 835

Houghton Dam

🇺🇸United States · James River River

Built 1938 · Dam · data quality: Good

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Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
3 m
Crest length
1,067 m
Reservoir capacity
13 MCM
Reservoir area
7 km²
Average depth
1.9 m
Catchment
13,132 km²
Avg discharge
28,703 L/s
Elevation
390 masl
Degree of regulation
1.4 %

Notes

Built 1938

Provenance

Record 2304 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 45.7781, -98.2531.