Stillwater Dam | |
Location Map: | Pennsylvania |
Coordinates: | 41.6967°N -75.4858°W |
Country: | USA |
Location: | Clifford Township, Susquehanna County, near Union Dale, Pennsylvania, USA |
Purpose: | Flood control |
Opening: | September 1960 |
Cost: | $5,725,700 |
Dam Height Thalweg: | 750NaN0 |
Dam Length: | 17000NaN0 |
Dam Crosses: | Lackawanna River |
Res Capacity Inactive: | 116000NaN0 |
Res Catchment: | 36.80NaN0 |
The Stillwater Dam is an embankment dam on the Lackawanna River in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. It is located 3.20NaN0 north of Forest City and was completed in September 1960. The primary purpose of the dam is flood control and its reservoir is usually maintained at low levels for that purpose.[1] The high-water mark for the reservoir was on 2 April 1993 when it reached 1617.850NaN0 and a capacity of 88.9%.[2]