Moogerah Dam

Moogerah Dam
The Moogerah Dam wall, in 2011
Moogerah Dam is located in Queensland
Moogerah Dam
Location of the Moogerah Dam
in Queensland
CountryAustralia
LocationSouth East Queensland
Coordinates28°1′48″S 152°32′56″E / 28.03000°S 152.54889°E / -28.03000; 152.54889
Purpose
StatusOperational
Construction began1959 (1959)
Opening date1961 (1961)
Operator(s)SEQ Water
Dam and spillways
Type of damArch dam
ImpoundsReynolds Creek
Height38 m (125 ft)[1]
Length219 m (719 ft)[1][2]
Dam volume23×10^3 m3 (810×10^3 cu ft)[1]
Spillway typeUncontrolled
Spillway capacity740 m3/s (26,000 cu ft/s)[1]
Reservoir
CreatesLake Moogerah
Total capacity83,700 ML (1.84×1010 imp gal; 2.21×1010 US gal)[2][3]
Catchment area228 km2 (88 sq mi)[1][2]
Surface area827 ha (2,040 acres)[2][3]
Normal elevation154.91 m (508.2 ft) AHD
Website
www.seqwater.com.au

The Moogerah Dam is a mass concrete double curvature arch dam with an un-gated spillway across Reynolds Creek in South East Queensland, Australia, now within the locality of Moogerah in the Scenic Rim Region. The main purposes of the dam are for irrigation in the Reynolds Creek district and for supply of potable water to Warrill Creek and farmers in the Warrill Valley.[1][3][4] The impounded reservoir is called Lake Moogerah.[5]

The name Moogerah is derived from an Aboriginal word meaning thunder.[5]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "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 4 July 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d "Moogerah Dam". Water supply: Dams and weirs. Seqwater. 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  3. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference qlddams was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Lake Moogerah" (PDF). Seqwater. p. 2. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Lake Moogerah – reservoir in the Scenic Rim Region (entry 22582)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 22 July 2023.