| Meadow Grounds Lake | |
|---|---|
 Meadow Grounds Lake | |
  Meadow Grounds Lake  Meadow Grounds Lake | |
| Location | Fulton County, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Coordinates | 39°55′26″N 78°03′28″W / 39.92389°N 78.05778°W |
| Primary inflows | Roaring Run |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Surface area | 204 acres (0.8 km2) |
| Max. depth | 39 ft (11.9 m) |
| Settlements | McConnellsburg |
Meadow Grounds Lake was completed in June of 1964 [1] and is a 204-acre reservoir located within State Game Lands 53 in Fulton County, Pennsylvania. The dam and lake areas are leased to the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) by the Pennsylvania Game Commission. The dam was designed and built by the PFBC and construction of the dam was complete in June 1964. As the permit holder for the Meadow Grounds Dam the PFBC is responsible for its safe operation and maintenance. Meadow Grounds Dam is categorized by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) as a High Hazard (Category 1), size class B structure. The drainage area of the dam’s watershed is 3.2 square miles on Roaring Run. The zoned earth embankment creates a 204-acre reservoir and at normal pool stores 3130 (acre-feet) of water. A normal pool elevation of 1495.3’ is maintained throughout the year via the principal and auxiliary spillways. The zoned earth fill dam is 39 feet in height and 530 feet long. The auxiliary spillway at Meadow Grounds Dam is a trapezoidal-shaped concrete chute cut into rock though a natural saddle about 200 feet to the right of the dams right abutment. The spillway is provided with a 67 foot long trapezoidal-shaped weir that discharges into a concrete lined stilling basin and then into a riprap lined earth channel.
The lake was drained in March 2013 after deficiencies were found in the dam. It was refilled in 2021 after a sustained community campaign. [2] [3]
References
- ^ "MEADOW GROUNDS LAKE INFORMATION". Fulton County. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ South, Amber (3 May 2021). "How a community "love affair" with a Pennsylvania lake brought it back from drained death". Chambersburg Public Opinion. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ "Meadow Grounds Lake is Filling Up After 8 Years". The Fulton County News. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- Meadow Grounds Lake could be closed up to 4 years.
- PFBC Bureau of Engineering Dam Summary.
- Fulton County Commissioners 2nd Opinion Dam Summary Results.
External links
- Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission Archived 2010-05-22 at the Wayback Machine