Gosling Creek Dam

Gosling Creek Dam
Gosling Creek Dam is located in New South Wales
Gosling Creek Dam
Location of Gosling Creek Reservoir in
New South Wales
CountryAustralia
LocationOrange, New South Wales
Coordinates33°19′45″S 149°05′27″E / 33.3291°S 149.0908°E / -33.3291; 149.0908
PurposeWater supply
StatusDecommissioned
Construction began1888
Opening date9 October 1890 (1890-10-09) inauguration
Construction cost32,688
Owner(s)Orange City Council
Dam and spillways
Type of damEmbankment dam
ImpoundsGosling Creek
Height16 metres (52 ft)
Length260 metres (850 ft)
Width (crest)3 metres (9.8 ft)
Spillways1
Spillway typeConcrete chute
Spillway capacity2,960 cubic metres per second (105,000 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
CreatesGosling Creek Reservoir
Total capacity400 megalitres (14×10^6 cu ft)
Catchment area17 square kilometres (6.6 sq mi)
Surface area12 hectares (30 acres)
Maximum water depth5 metres (16 ft)

Gosling Creek Dam is a decommissioned minor earth and rock fill with clay core embankment dam with concrete chute spillway across the Gosling Creek upstream of Orange in the central western region of New South Wales, Australia. Commissioned in 1890 to supply Orange with potable water, the dam was decommissioned after the official commissioning of the Suma Park Dam in 1962. The impounded reservoir is called Gosling Creek Reservoir and is now used for recreation purposes.