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Dossier #2802 · GRanD 1651

Lake Taylorville Dam

🇺🇸United States · South Fork of Sangamon River River

Built 1961 · Dam · data quality: Fair

Water supplyRecreation
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
8 m
Crest length
427 m
Reservoir capacity
35.2 MCM
Reservoir area
4 km²
Average depth
8.9 m
Catchment
345 km²
Avg discharge
2,874 L/s
Elevation
179 masl
Degree of regulation
38.8 %

Notes

Built 1961

Provenance

Record 2802 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 39.5186, -89.2595.