Wynoochee Lake

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Wynoochee Lake
Swimming area by the dam
Swimming area by the dam
Location: Grays Harbor County in Washington (USA)
Tributaries: Wynoochee River
Drain: Wynoochee River
Wynoochee Lake (Washington)
Wynoochee Lake
Coordinates 47 ° 23 ′ 9 ″  N , 123 ° 36 ′ 19 ″  W Coordinates: 47 ° 23 ′ 9 ″  N , 123 ° 36 ′ 19 ″  W
Data on the structure
Data on the reservoir
Altitude (at congestion destination ) 245  m
Water surface 4.54 km²
Reservoir length 6 km
Reservoir width 800 m
Storage space 86 000 000  m³

The wynoochee dam is a small dam at the upper Wynoochee River in Grays Harbor County , the State of Washington . It has an area of ​​4.54 km² and a usable storage volume of around 86 million m³.

The Wynoochee Dam was completed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers in September 1972. It is primarily used for flood protection and water supply for industrial plants in Aberdeen . In addition, the lake in the Olympic National Forest is a recreation area with campsites and hiking trails on its banks. In 1994 Tacoma Power , part of the public utility company Tacoma Public Utilities , built a power plant that generates 30 million kWh of electricity per year.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Wynoochee River", Chehalis River Council ( Memento from April 14, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) (English)
  2. ↑ Tacoma Power (English)

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