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Hillsdale Lake
Hillsdale Lake is a reservoir located in the northwestern part of Miami County, in northeast Kansas and the central United States; it is approximately 30 mi (48 km) from Kansas City. The surface area of the lake is approximately 4,580 acres (18.5 km), and the lake has a maximum depth of approximately 57 ft (17 m).

Hillsdale Dam, impounding the Big Bull Creek to create the V-shaped reservoir, was completed in 1982 as a flood control project of the United States Army Corps of Engineers. Fix link* The reservoir has a normal storage capacity of 76,000 acre-feet. No hydroelectric power is generated by the earthen dam. Recreational facilities include Hillsdale State Park, opened in 1994.

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References

  1. ^ "Hillsdale Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. October 13, 1978. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  2. ^ "Project Goals". Archived from the original on 2010-02-21. Retrieved 2012-07-21.
  3. ^ "Hillsdale Lake". Archived from the original on 2012-11-02. Retrieved 2012-07-21.
  4. ^ "Hillsdale".


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