Townshend Dam is a dam in
Townshend,
Windham County, Vermont
Windham County is a county located in the U.S. state of Vermont. As of the 2020 census, the population was 45,905. The shire town (county seat) is Newfane, and the largest municipality is the town of Brattleboro.
History
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The earthen dam was constructed in 1961 by the
with a height of 126 feet and a length of 1700 feet at its crest.
It impounds Vermont's
West River West River may refer to:
Rivers
Canada
*West River (Antigonish, Nova Scotia) in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia
* West River (Pictou, Nova Scotia) in Pictou County, Nova Scotia
* West River (Halifax, Nova Scotia) in Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia
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for
flood control
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and seasonal storm water management. The dam is owned and operated by the Corps of Engineers. Its National ID number is VT00004.
The riverine reservoir it creates, Townshend Lake, has a normal water surface of 95 acres, a maximum storage capacity of 54,300
acre-feet
The acre-foot is a non- SI unit of volume equal to about commonly used in the United States in reference to large-scale water resources, such as reservoirs, aqueducts, canals, sewer flow capacity, irrigation water, and river flows.
An acre-f ...
, and a normal storage capacity of 800 acre-feet.
Recreation includes fishing (for smallmouth bass, brown and rainbow trout), boating and hiking, along with facilities at the nearby Townshend State Park.
References
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Dams in Vermont
Reservoirs in Vermont
United States Army Corps of Engineers dams
Dams completed in 1961
Earth-filled dams
Buildings and structures in Townshend, Vermont
Bodies of water of Windham County, Vermont