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Dossier #149 · GRanD 1761

John H. Kerr Dam

🇺🇸United States · Roanoke River River

Built 1953 · Dam · data quality: Good

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Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
44 m
Crest length
849 m
Reservoir capacity
4.1 km³
Reservoir area
180.9 km²
Average depth
22.9 m
Catchment
20,431 km²
Avg discharge
265,021 L/s
Elevation
93 masl
Degree of regulation
49.6 %

Notes

Built 1953

Provenance

Record 149 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 36.5963, -78.2948.