| Baroon Pocket Dam | |
|---|---|
 Lake and shoreline, 2008 | |
  Location of the Baroon Pocket Dam in Queensland | |
| Country | Australia |
| Location | South East Queensland |
| Coordinates | 26°42′12″S 152°52′5″E / 26.70333°S 152.86806°E |
| Purpose | Water supply |
| Status | Operational |
| Opening date | 1989 |
| Operator(s) | SEQ Water |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Type of dam | Embankment dam |
| Impounds | Obi Obi Creek |
| Height | 58 m (190 ft) |
| Length | 370 m (1,210 ft) |
| Dam volume | 716×103 m3 (25.3×106 cu ft) |
| Spillway type | Uncontrolled |
| Spillway capacity | 1,013 m3/s (35,800 cu ft/s) |
| Reservoir | |
| Creates | Lake Baroon |
| Total capacity | 61,000 ML (2,200×106 cu ft)[1] |
| Catchment area | 72 km2 (28 sq mi) |
| Surface area | 380 ha (940 acres) |
| Maximum length | 3.9 km (2.4 mi) |
| Maximum width | 1.9 km (1.2 mi) |
| Maximum water depth | 15 m (49 ft) |
| Normal elevation | 215 m (705 ft) AHD |
| Website www.seqwater.com.au | |
The Baroon Pocket Dam is a rock and earth-fill embankment dam with an un-gated spillway across the Obi Obi Creek, in North Maleny, Sunshine Coast Region, in South East Queensland, Australia. The main purpose of the dam is for potable water supply.[2][3] The impounded reservoir is called Lake Baroon.[4]
Just below the dam is Obi Obi Gorge, one of the few remaining places left where the Mary River cod maintains a wild population.[2] After its initial filling, the dam reached its lowest level between December 2002 and February 2003 at 50% capacity.[5][6]
- ^ "Baroon Pocket Dam". Water supply: Dams and weirs. Seqwater. 2014. Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ^ a b Harrison, Rod; James, Ernie; Sully, Chris; Classon, Bill; Eckermann, Joy (2008). Queensland Dams. Bayswater, Victoria: Australian Fishing Network. pp. 66–67. ISBN 978-1-86513-134-4.
- ^ "Register of Large Dams in Australia" (Excel (requires download)). Dams information. Australian National Committee on Large Dams. 2010. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
- ^ "Lake Baroon – reservoir in the Sunshine Coast Region (entry 1702)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
- ^ "More rain could spell creek, river flooding". ABC News. Australia. 20 March 2003. Retrieved 26 April 2008.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Clark, Gordon (5 June 2006). "Water question mark". Sunshine Coast Daily. Archived from the original on 19 July 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2008.