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The Mount Morris Dam is a concrete gravity dry dam on the Genesee River. It is located at the northern end of Letchworth State Park , south of Rochester, New York in the towns of Leicester and Mount Morris in Livingston County, New York .
The Mount Morris Dam is the largest flood control device of its kind (concrete gravity) east of the Mississippi River. It is 1,028 feet (313 m) in length and rises 230 feet (70 m) from the riverbed. [15] The dam proved its worth during the Flood of 1972, saving thousands of acres of farmland and the city of Rochester from flooding.
Mount Morris – The village of Mount Morris near the northern border of the town. Mount Morris Dam – A dam northwest of Mount Morris village. Ridge – A hamlet southwest of Mount Morris village on NY-408. River Road Forks – A location west of Brooks Grove. This location has also been called "River Road".
Boyds Corner Dam; Cannonsville Dam; Cross River Dam; Cuba Lake Dam; Cuddebackville Dam; Conklingville Dam; Downsville Dam; East Sidney Dam; Federal Dam; Gilboa Dam; Jamesville Dam; Kensico Dam; Marcy Dam; Merian Dam; Mount Morris Dam; Muscoot Dam; Neversink Dam; New Croton Dam; Olivebridge Dam; Rushford / Caneadea Dam at Rushford Lake; Stewart ...
The pre-ice age eastern branch of the Genesee runs south of Mount Morris and was completely diverted by extensive terminal moraines in Livingston County with a key blocking dam just south of Dansville, so most of the upper section of the ancient river was diverted instead to fall the off Appalachian Plateau toward the Susquehanna River system ...
This dam sits south of Silver Mountain and north of Glendora Ridge, which flank the 1,500-foot (460 m) deep San Gabriel Canyon.It is roughly 37 miles (60 km) upstream of the San Gabriel River's mouth at the Pacific Ocean, and 6 miles (9.7 km) downstream of the river's beginning at the confluence of its East and West Forks. [1]
It passes to the west of the village of Dansville, and continues north before joining the Genesee River east of the village of Mount Morris and just downstream of the Mount Morris Dam. The creek's watershed is the largest sub-watershed of Genesee River. It is primarily composed of agricultural land (46.8%) and forests (44.4%), with 5.7% of the ...
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in New Jersey.. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3).