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Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Indiana.. 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).
Location: Owen / Putnam counties, Indiana, United States: Coordinates: 1]: Type: reservoir: Primary inflows: Mill Creek: Primary outflows: Mill Creek: Basin countries: United States: Water volume: 228,120 acre⋅ft (0.28138 km 3) Peak 27,112 acre⋅ft (0.033442 km 3) Normal: Surface elevation: 636 feet (194 m) [1]: Cagles Mill Lake, also known as Cataract Lake, is a reservoir located near ...
Monroe Lake is a reservoir located about 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Bloomington, Indiana, United States. The lake is the largest entirely situated in Indiana with 10,750 acres (43.5 km 2) of water surface area spread over the counties of Monroe and Brown. Capacity varies from 292 gigalitres (237,000 acre⋅ft) to 428 gigalitres (347,000 acre ...
The reservoir it creates, Mississinewa Lake, has a normal water surface of five square miles (13 km 2), has a maximum capacity of 368,400 acre-feet (454,400,000 m 3), and a normal capacity of 75,200 acre-feet (92,800,000 m 3). [6]
Water that falls across the Hoosier State eventually ends up in two of the nation’s major water bodies: the Great Lakes and Mississippi River. The state hugs 45 miles of Lake Michigan’s ...
A flood caused the river to change course, disconnecting a two-mile (3 km) long stretch of the river and creating a lake entirely on the Illinois side. Between these exclaves is the historic town of New Harmony, a settlement created by Utopians during the 1810s. [24] It is joined by the Black River on the Indiana side.
Swimming in Brookeville Lake at Mounds State Recreation Area is off limits due to high levels of E. coli, Indiana State Parks announced. The department closed the beach at Mounds State Recreation ...
Upon completion, Geist Reservoir was the second-largest man-made lake in Indiana, providing approximately 6,900,000,000 US gallons (2.6 × 10 10 L; 5.7 × 10 9 imp gal) of water. The reservoir is located primarily in the northeast corner of Indianapolis and the southeast corner of Fishers , but small parts reach into the nearby towns of ...