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The Mormon Flat Dam is a
dam A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also provide water for activities such as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use, a ...
on the Salt River located Northeast of
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. The dam is 380 feet long, 224 feet high and was built between 1923–25. It is named after nearby Mormon Flat, a place where
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(Mormon) settlers from Utah stopped to camp. There are two hydroelectric generating units in the dam; rated at 10,000 and 50,000 kW. The dam forms
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as it slows the passage of the Salt River. The dam was listed on the
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in 2017.


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SRP Water Operations: Mormon Flat Dam
* {{Authority control Dams in Arizona Hydroelectric power plants in Arizona Buildings and structures in Maricopa County, Arizona United States Bureau of Reclamation dams Dams completed in 1925 Dams on the Salt River (Arizona) Historic American Engineering Record in Arizona National Register of Historic Places in Maricopa County, Arizona Dams on the National Register of Historic Places in Arizona