Happy Monday, Everyone! We hope your week is off to a fabulous start. Today's Dam of the Week is the Fontenelle Dam, located on the Green River, 24 miles southeast of La Barge, Wyoming.
Fontenelle Dam is an earthfill structure. It is 139 feet high with a crest length of 5,421 feet, and a volume of 5,265,000 cubic yards of material. The spillway consists of an uncontrolled crest, open chute, and stilling basin with a design capacity of 20,200 cubic feet per second.
The Fontenelle Dam Power Plant is located adjacent to the toe of the dam, with the power penstock branching from the river outlet works. The power plant consists of a 10,000-kilowatt generator and one 16,000-horsepower hydraulic turbine.
The reservoir has an active capacity of 150,500 acre-feet and a total capacity of 345,360 acre-feet, with a surface area of 8,058 acres. The lake is 20 miles in length when full, and has a shoreline of approximately 56 miles.
Learn all about Fontenelle athttps://on.doi.gov/2rQKNov
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