| El Dorado Lake | |
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 Aerial photo of El Dorado Lake and vicinity, facing northwest (2011) | |
  El Dorado Lake  El Dorado Lake | |
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| Location | Butler County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 37°50′50″N 96°49′23″W / 37.84722°N 96.82306°W |
| Type | Reservoir |
| Primary inflows | Walnut River |
| Primary outflows | Walnut River |
| Catchment area | 247 sq mi (640 km2) |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Managing agency | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
| Built | October 1973 |
| First flooded | June 1981 |
| Surface area | 8,000 acres (32 km2) |
| Average depth | 19 ft (5.8 m)[1] |
| Max. depth | 60 ft (18 m)[2] |
| Water volume | Full: 158,189 acre⋅ft (195,123,000 m3) Current (Nov. 2015): 150,702 acre⋅ft (185,888,000 m3)[3] |
| Shore length1 | 98 miles (158 km) |
| Surface elevation | Full: 1,339 ft (408 m) Current (Nov. 2015): 1,338 ft (408 m)[3] |
| Settlements | El Dorado |
| References | [4] |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
El Dorado Lake is a reservoir on the Walnut River 0.5 miles (0.80 km) northeast of El Dorado in the Flint Hills region of Kansas.[5][6] Built and managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, it is used for flood control, recreation, and water supply. El Dorado State Park is located on its shore.[1]
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- ^ a b "EDRK1: El Dorado Lake". U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ^ "El Dorado Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. July 1, 1984. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
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