| Cedar Pocket Dam | |
|---|---|
 Cedar Pocket Dam wall and spillway | |
  Location of the Cedar Pocket Dam in Queensland | |
| Country | Australia |
| Location | Wide Bay–Burnett, Queensland |
| Coordinates | 26°12′48″S 152°47′31″E / 26.21333°S 152.79194°E |
| Purpose | Irrigation |
| Status | Operational |
| Opening date | 1987 |
| Operator(s) | SEQ Water |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Type of dam | Embankment dam |
| Impounds | Deep Creek |
| Height | 20 m (66 ft) |
| Length | 117 m (384 ft) |
| Dam volume | 8×103 m3 (280×103 cu ft) |
| Spillway type | Uncontrolled |
| Spillway capacity | 1,100 m3/s (39,000 cu ft/s) |
| Reservoir | |
| Total capacity | 735 ML (26.0×106 cu ft)[1] |
| Catchment area | 17.8 km2 (6.9 sq mi) |
| Surface area | 22 ha (54 acres) |
| Maximum water depth | 12.3 m (40 ft) |
| Normal elevation | 101.07 m (331.6 ft) AHD |
| Website www.seqwater.com.au | |
The Cedar Pocket Dam is a partially concrete gravity and rock and earth-fill embankment dam with an un-gated spillway located across the Deep Creek in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia. The main purpose of the dam is for irrigation,[2][3] where the dam provides regulated water supplies along Deep Creek, a tributary of the Mary River.
- ^ "Cedar Pocket Dam". Water supply: Dams and weirs. Seqwater. 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
- ^ Harrison, Rod; James, Ernie; Sully, Chris; Classon, Bill; Eckermann, Joy (2008). Queensland Dams. Bayswater, Victoria: Australian Fishing Network. p. 94. ISBN 978-1-86513-134-4.
- ^ "Register of Large Dams in Australia". Dams information. Australian National Committee on Large Dams. 2010. Archived from the original (Excel (requires download)) on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2014.