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Leos Angeles District Alamo Dam Page 1 of 2 <br />US Army Corps of Engineers <br />Los Angeles District <br />Reservoir Regulation Section <br />Alamo Dam <br />Background <br />Alamo Dam is located in west - central Arizona. The dam is on the Bill Williams River approximately 39 miles upstream <br />from the river's confluence with the Colorado River at Lake Havasu. Alamo Dam and Lake is a multiple - purpose facility <br />providing the following benefits: flood control, water supply and conservation, recreation, and fish and wildlife <br />enhancement. <br />Alamo Dam was authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1937 (Public Law 75 -406, 28 August 1937, as amended). The <br />initial proposal for the project was contained in House Document No. 625, 78th congress, 2nd Session, dated April 11, <br />1944. <br />The current approved water control manual (WCM) for Alamo Dam and Lake is dated April 1973. The WCM is <br />scheduled for revision in 2001. <br />Photographs <br />Aerial Photo <br />(More to Come) <br />Physical Data (Table needs to be completed) <br />Type <br />Crest Elevation <br />Streambed elevation <br />Embankment <br />Earth -fill <br />1,265 feet NGVD <br />982 feet NGVD <br />Maximum height above streambed 283 feet <br />Crest Length <br />Freeboard <br />Type <br />Crest Elevation <br />Crest Length <br />Vertical Lift Gates <br />975 feet <br />5.4 feet <br />XXX meters <br />NGVD <br />XXX meters <br />NGVD <br />XXX meters <br />XXX meters <br />XXX meters <br />Spillway <br />Detached, broad - crested <br />1235 feet NGVD XXX meters <br />NGVD <br />284 feet XXX meters <br />Outlets <br />3 -5 feet (W) x 8 feet (H) 2 -xxx meters <br />http: / /www.spl.usace. army .mil /resreg/htdocs /almo.html 1/7/2005 <br />