Lake Monroe
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Lake Monroe
The Monroe Reservoir project was selected for construction
under the general authorization for flood control in an Act of Congress
approved July 3, 1958, and assigned to the U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers.
Preliminary topographic, engineering, and geologic investigations were
carried out by the Corps of Engineers and by the Flood Control and
Water Resources Commission, State of Indiana, working in part through
the State Geological Survey. In 1955 the State Geological Survey made
measurements of the thickness of valley fill at the dam site and
conducted a drilling program on Kelly Ridge east of the dam site to
determine the nature of the bedrock surface at the prospective
spillway sites.
Construction of the dam and spillway was started in November, 1960,
and the project was dedicated in October, 1964. Total cost of the
project was $14,700,000 of which $7,950,000 or 54.1 percent was assumed
by the State of Indiana. The reservoir is operated for the combined
purposes of flood control and low-flow regulations.
For additional information on Lake Monroe to go to:
www.lake-monroe.com
For Township information call the Trustee Line at (812) 824-7225