Sanford Dam
Sanford Dam was designed and built by the Bureau of Reclamation. Construction began in 1962 and was completed in 1965. The dam, forming Lake Meredith, is the principal storage structure of the Canadian River Project. The dam, named for the nearby city of Sanford, is located in a narrow steep-walled canyon carved by the Canadian River.
Seven major public use areas have been developed along the lake shore by the Bureau of Reclamation, in cooperation with the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife and the National Park Service, which administers the recreation areas.
Location - 9 miles west of Borger near town of Sanford, across
Canadian River Valley
Type - Rolled earthfill construction
Crest length - 6,380 feet
Top width - 40 feet
Base width - 1,900 feet
Structure height - 226 feet
Height above streambed - 198 feet
Volume of earthfill - 15,308,000 cubic yards
Volume of rip rap and rockfill on faces of dam - 374,650 cubic yards
Volume of rip rap for channels - 448,170 cubic yards
Spillway and flood control outlet works capacity - 55,700 cubic feet
per second
River outlet works capacity - 3,400 cubic feet per second
Sanford Dam was designed and built by the Bureau of Reclamation. Construction began in 1962 and was completed in 1965. The dam, forming Lake Meredith, is the principal storage structure of the Canadian River Project. The dam, named for the nearby city of Sanford, is located in a narrow steep-walled canyon carved by the Canadian River.
Seven major public use areas have been developed along the lake shore by the Bureau of Reclamation, in cooperation with the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife and the National Park Service, which administers the recreation areas.
Location - 9 miles west of Borger near town of Sanford, across
Canadian River Valley
Type - Rolled earthfill construction
Crest length - 6,380 feet
Top width - 40 feet
Base width - 1,900 feet
Structure height - 226 feet
Height above streambed - 198 feet
Volume of earthfill - 15,308,000 cubic yards
Volume of rip rap and rockfill on faces of dam - 374,650 cubic yards
Volume of rip rap for channels - 448,170 cubic yards
Spillway and flood control outlet works capacity - 55,700 cubic feet
per second
River outlet works capacity - 3,400 cubic feet per second
| Lake Meredith | |
| Current Depth (11-19-2008) |
53.50 feet |
| Current Volume (11-19-2008) |
103,700 acre feet |
| Record High (April 1973) | 101.85 feet |
| Record Low (July 8, 2008) | 45.25 feet |
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USGS Real-Time Lake Elevation (subtract 2813 feet from above link for lake depth) |
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| Canadian River | |
| USGS Gauging Station North of Amarillo at US 287 | |
| NOAA Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service at US 287 | |