Alamo Lake is located in west-central Arizona. The dam is on the Bill Williams River approximately 39 miles upstream from the rivers confluence with the Colorado River at Lake Havasu. Alamo Lake is a multiple-purpose facility providing the following benefits: flood control, water supply and conservation, recreation, and fish and wildlife enhancement. Alamo Dam was authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1937 (Public Law 75-406, 28 August 1937, as amended). The initial proposal for the project was contained in House Document No. 625, 78th congress, 2nd Session, dated April 11, 1944. [Alamo Lake. www.nwk.usace.army.mil, 02/03/2008]
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State:
Arizona
County:
La Paz
Impoundment Type:
Reservoir
Latitude:
34.260790
Longitude:
-113.575453
Normal Elevation:
1265 ft. msl