Lake Meredith

Canadian River Project

 

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Location
Canadian River Mile 508.5

Drainage Area
20,220 square miles total

16,048 square miles contributing

Project Purposes
Flood control, water supply, irrigation, recreation, fish and wildlife

Elevations, Areas and Storages

Feature Elevation Reservoir Area

 

(acres)

Reservoir Capacity

 

(acre-feet)

Equivalent Inch

 

of Runoff (1)

Top of Dam 3011.0
Maximum pool 3004.9 30,470 2,434,200 2.84
Top of flood control pool 2965.0 (2) 21,640 1,407,600 1.64
Bottom of flood control pool 2941.3 17,320 945,500 1.10
Top of conservation pool

 

(ultimate)

2941.3 17,320 945,500 1.10
Top of conservation pool

 

(initial)

2936.5 16,500 864,400 1.01
Top of inactive pool 2860.0 4,500 79,200 0.09
Top of dead pool 2850.0 2,770 43,000 0.05
Surcharge storage 2965.0 – 3004.9 1,026,600 1.20
Flood control storage 2941.3 – 2965.0 462,100 (3) 0.54
Conservation storage

 

(initial)

2860.0 – 2941.3 866,300 (4) 1.01
Storage between top of

 

initial and ultimate

conservation pools

2936.5 – 2941.3 81,100 0.09
Dead and inactive storage 2813.0 – 2860.0 79,200 0.09

 

 

  1. Based on a contributing drainage area of 16,048 square miles
  2. Spillway crest
  3. Contains 36,300 acre-feet for sediment storage
  4. Contains 366,300 acre-feet for sediment storage
  5. The initial top of the conservation pool at elevation 2936.5 provides 500,000 acre-feet of conservation capacity permitted under the terms of the Canadian River Compact with allowance for the portion of the 50-year sediment inflow expected to deposit below the top of the conservation pool. The top of the conservation pool will be raised, as necessary, to elevation 2941.3 to preserve the conservation capacity. Any water temporarily stored between elevations 2936.5 and 2941.3 will be released by the Bureau of Reclamation, or its designated agent, through the river outlet works. Such evacuations will be at rate of 2,800 cfs, or less.