Brocks Gap Dam

Brocks Gap Dam
Brocks Gap Dam is located in Virginia
Brocks Gap Dam
Location of the proposed Brocks Gap Dam
CountryUnited States
Coordinates38°38′38.42″N 78°51′49.24″W / 38.6440056°N 78.8636778°W / 38.6440056; -78.8636778
StatusUnbuilt
Construction cost$11,640,000 (1963)
Owner(s)U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Dam and spillways
Type of damEarthfill
ImpoundsNorth Fork of the Shenandoah River
Height147 ft (45 m)
Length860 feet (260 m)
Spillway typeUnregulated overflow
Reservoir
Total capacity187,200 acre-feet (0.2309 km3)
Surface area2,810 acres (1,140 ha)
Dams proposed in the Potomac/Shenandoah River basin in 1945, Brocks Gap Dam in the lower part of the map

Brocks Gap Dam was a never-built proposal for a water storage dam on the North Fork of the Shenandoah River at Brocks Gap in northwest Virginia. The proposal by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers encountered opposition from local residents and was withdrawn in 1967.