Mississinewa Lake Dam is a dam in Miami County, Indiana, just outside the town of Peru, in the central part of the state.
| Mississinewa Lake | |
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 Water Intake Tower at Mississinewa Lake Dam | |
  Mississinewa Lake  Mississinewa Lake | |
| Location | Miami County, Indiana |
| Coordinates | 40°43′00″N 85°57′16″W / 40.7167°N 85.9545°W |
| Type | reservoir |
| Etymology | Miami Language for "water on a slope". |
| River sources | Mississinewa River |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Managing agency | United States Army Corps of Engineers |
| Surface area | 3,180 acres (1,290 ha) |
| Max. depth | 137 ft (42 m)[1] |
| Water volume | 368,400 acre⋅ft (454.4 hm3) |
| Surface elevation | 725 feet (221 m)[2] |
Authorization and construction
editThe dam was among those authorized by the 1958 Flood Control Act. The dam was designed and built by the Louisville district of the United States Army Corps of Engineers.[3] The earthen dam was constructed from 1962[4] to 1967, with a height of 140 feet (43 m), and 8,000 feet (2,400 m) long at its crest.[5] It impounds the Mississinewa River for irrigation storage and flood control. The dam is owned and operated by the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division of the Corps of Engineers.
Reservoir
editThe reservoir it creates, Mississinewa Lake, has a normal water surface of five square miles (13 km2), has a maximum capacity of 368,400 acre-feet (454,400,000 m3), and a normal capacity of 75,200 acre-feet (92,800,000 m3).[6] Mississinewa Lake operates in conjunction with the J. Edward Roush and Salamonie lakes to prevent flooding downstream in the lower Wabash and Ohio rivers.[3] Recreation includes fishing, boating, and swimming. Nearby recreation areas include the Miami State Recreation Area, the Red Bridge State Recreation Area, the Pearson Mill State Recreation Area, and the Frances Slocum State Recreation Area.
References
edit- ^ "Mississinewa Lake". Lake Browser. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mississinewa Lake Dam
- ^ a b "Mississinewa Lake". US Army Corps of Engineers. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
- ^ "Linton Daily Citizen". 1962-04-27. Retrieved 2016-08-20 – via www.newspaperarchive.com.
- ^ http://ce-npdp-serv2.stanford.edu/DamDirectory/DamDetail.jsp?npdp_id=IN03004 [permanent dead link]
- ^ "Mississinewa Lake". findlakes.com. Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2022.