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Dossier #2853 · GRanD 1679

Rocky Gorge Dam

🇺🇸United States · Patuxent River River

Built 1953 · Dam · data quality: Good

Water supplyRecreation
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
41 m
Crest length
256 m
Reservoir capacity
27.1 MCM
Reservoir area
1.9 km²
Average depth
14.4 m
Catchment
341 km²
Avg discharge
5,512 L/s
Elevation
92 masl
Degree of regulation
15.6 %

Provenance

Record 2853 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 39.1192, -76.8766.