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{{unref}}'''Curwensville Dam''' is located on the [[West Branch Susquehanna River]] about 0.6 miles upstream from [[Curwensville]] in [[Clearfield County]]. The dam is an earth fill structure 2,850 feet long, rising 131 feet above the stream bed, with a [[spillway]] and gate-controlled outlet. The [[reservoir]] has a storage capacity of 124,200 acre feet at spillway crest and extends 14 miles upstream when filled to that level. The project controls a drainage area of 365 square miles or 98 percent of the West Branch at Curwensville and 75 percent at [[Clearfield, PA]]. Clearfield County operates and maintains the recreation area which includes a beach, boat launch, picnic areas, athletic fields, playgrounds, picnic pavilions and a 43-site campground. |
{{unref}}'''Curwensville Dam''' is located on the [[West Branch Susquehanna River]] about 0.6 miles upstream from [[Curwensville]] in [[Clearfield County]]. The dam is an earth fill structure 2,850 feet long, rising 131 feet above the stream bed, with a [[spillway]] and gate-controlled outlet. The [[reservoir]], [[Curwensville Lake]], has a storage capacity of 124,200 acre feet at spillway crest and extends 14 miles upstream when filled to that level. The project controls a drainage area of 365 square miles or 98 percent of the West Branch at Curwensville and 75 percent at [[Clearfield, PA]]. Clearfield County operates and maintains the recreation area which includes a beach, boat launch, picnic areas, athletic fields, playgrounds, picnic pavilions and a 43-site campground. |
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Curwensville Dam is located on the West Branch Susquehanna River about 0.6 miles upstream from Curwensville in Clearfield County. The dam is an earth fill structure 2,850 feet long, rising 131 feet above the stream bed, with a spillway and gate-controlled outlet. The reservoir, Curwensville Lake, has a storage capacity of 124,200 acre feet at spillway crest and extends 14 miles upstream when filled to that level. The project controls a drainage area of 365 square miles or 98 percent of the West Branch at Curwensville and 75 percent at Clearfield, PA. Clearfield County operates and maintains the recreation area which includes a beach, boat launch, picnic areas, athletic fields, playgrounds, picnic pavilions and a 43-site campground.
