Townshend Dam

Townshend Dam
Townshend Lake, Vermont
Country	United States
Coordinates	43°3′9.58″N 72°42′9.68″W / 43.0526611°N 72.7026889°W / 43.0526611; -72.7026889Coordinates: 43°3′9.58″N 72°42′9.68″W / 43.0526611°N 72.7026889°W / 43.0526611; -72.7026889
Dam and spillways
Height (foundation)	126 feet (38 m)
Length	1,700 feet (520 m)
Reservoir
Total capacity	800 acre feet (987,000 m³)
Surface area	95 acres (38 ha)

Townshend Dam is a dam in Townshend, Windham County, Vermont.

The earthen dam was constructed in 1961 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers with a height of 126 feet and a length of 1700 feet at its crest.^[1] It impounds Vermont's West River for flood control and seasonal storm water management. The dam is owned and operated by the Corps of Engineers.^[2] 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, and a normal storage capacity of 800 acre-feet.^[1] Recreation includes fishing (for smallmouth bass, brown and rainbow trout), boating and hiking,^[3] along with facilities at the nearby Townshend State Park.^[4]

References

1 2 "Find Lakes".
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
↑ "Corps Lakes Gateway: Vermont - Townshend Lake".
↑ "Vermont State Parks - Townshend State Park". Archived from the original on 2012-08-14.

Connecticut River watershed
Tributaries	Ammonoosuc River Ashuelot River Black River Black Hall River Blow-me-down Brook Burnshirt River Chapel Brook Chicopee River Cold River Cranberry River Deerfield River East Brookfield River Eightmile River Fall River Farmington River Five Mile River Green River Halls Stream Hockanum River Hubbard River Indian Stream Israel River Johns River Little Sugar River Manhan River Mascoma River Mattabesset River Mill River (Northampton) Mill River (Springfield) Millers River Mink Brook Mirey Brook Mohawk River North Branch Millers River North Branch Westfield River North River Nulhegan River Oliverian Brook Ompompanoosuc River Ottauquechee River Otter River Park River Partridge Brook Passumpsic River Perry Stream Quaboag River Salmon River Saxtons River Scantic River Seven Mile River Simms Stream Sugar River Tarbell Brook Upper Ammonoosuc River Waits River Ware River Wells River West River Westfield River Whetstone Brook White River Williams River
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