Edenville Dam
| Edenville Dam | |
|---|---|
| Location | Gladwin and Midland counties, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 43°48′51″N 84°22′35″W / 43.8141°N 84.3765°WCoordinates: 43°48′51″N 84°22′35″W / 43.8141°N 84.3765°W |
| Purpose | Power, flood control |
| Opening date | 1925 |
| Owner(s) | Boyce Hydro Power |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Type of dam | Earth fill dam |
| Impounds | Tittabawassee River |
| Height | 54 ft. |
| Length | 6,600 ft. |
| Reservoir | |
| Creates | Wixom Lake |
| Total capacity | 66,200 acre feet |
| Surface area | 5.7 square miles |
Edenville Dam is a dam in Gladwin County, Michigan, about one mile north of Edenville. The dam lies mostly in the southeast corner of Tobacco Township in Gladwin County, but its most southeastern end reaches into the northeastern corner of Edenville Township in Midland County.
The earthen gravity dam was completed in 1925 for hydroelectric power and for flood control.[1] The height is 54 feet, the length is 6,600 feet (2,000 m) at its crest, and it impounds both the Tittabawassee River and its tributary the Tobacco River. The dam is privately owned and operated by Boyce Hydro Power, a company based in Edenville, which also owns three other hydroelectric facilities on the Tittabawassee: the Secord, Smallwood, and Sanford Dams.[2]
The reservoir it creates, Lake Wixom, has a normal surface area of 5.7 square miles, a shoreline of more than 84 miles, a maximum capacity of 66,200 acre feet (81,700,000 m3), and a normal capacity of 36,000 acre feet (44,000,000 m3).[3] Unusually for its size, Lake Wixom boasts a lighthouse.[4]