Spoon Lake Boat Ramps

2 boat launches are mapped on Spoon Lake in Knox County, Illinois.

Spoon Lake facts

Surface area547 acres
TypeReservoir
Average depthabout 24 ft (normal storage ÷ surface area)
Shoreline lengthabout 10.3 miles
Surface elevation663 ft above sea level
DamSpoon Lake Dam, completed 1971
Dam size74 ft high, 1,128 ft long, earth dam
Dam purposesRecreation
Dam ownerPrivately owned
Normal storage13,250 acre-feet
Impounded streamTrib Spoon River

Sources: USGS National Hydrography Dataset (public domain); HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016, CC BY 4.0); U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams (NID ID IL00422). Matched to this page by name and location; modelled values are approximate. See all sources.

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