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Dossier #814 · GRanD 982

Melvern Dam

🇺🇸United States · Marais des Cygnes River

Built 1972 · Dam · data quality: Fair

Flood controlRecreation
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
37 m
Crest length
2,972 m
Reservoir capacity
447.8 MCM
Reservoir area
24 km²
Average depth
18.7 m
Catchment
873 km²
Avg discharge
6,792 L/s
Elevation
314 masl
Degree of regulation
209.1 %

Notes

Built 1972

Provenance

Record 814 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 38.5141, -95.7157.