Spring Creek Dam | |
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Location of Spring Creek Dam in New South Wales | |
Country | Australia |
Location | Orange, New South Wales |
Coordinates | 33°19′54″S 149°07′04″E / 33.33167°S 149.11778°E |
Purpose | Water supply |
Status | Operational |
Construction began | December 1929 |
Opening date | 1931 |
Owner(s) | Orange City Council |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Embankment dam |
Impounds | Spring Creek |
Height | 17 metres (56 ft) |
Length | 268 metres (879 ft) |
Spillways | 1 |
Spillway capacity | 310 cubic metres per second (11,000 cu ft/s) |
Reservoir | |
Creates | Spring Creek Reservoir |
Total capacity | 4,680 megalitres (165×10 6 cu ft) |
Catchment area | 63 square kilometres (24 sq mi) |
Surface area | 11 hectares (27 acres) |
Maximum length | 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) |
Maximum width | 350 metres (1,150 ft) |
Spring Creek Dam is a minor embankment dam across the Spring Creek upstream of Orange in the central western region of New South Wales, Australia. The impounded reservoir is called the Spring Creek Reservoir.