Melvern Lake Boat Ramps

7 boat launches are mapped on Melvern Lake in Osage County, Kansas.

Melvern Lake facts

Surface area	6,290 acres
Type	Reservoir
Average depth	about 25 ft (normal storage ÷ surface area)
Shoreline length	about 49.2 miles
Surface elevation	1,030 ft above sea level
Dam	Melvern Dam, completed 1972
Dam size	123 ft high, 9,750 ft long, earth dam
Dam purposes	Flood Risk Reduction, Recreation, Water Supply
Dam owner	USACE - Kansas City District (Federal)
Normal storage	154,000 acre-feet
Impounded stream	Marais Des Cygnes

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 KS00007). Matched to this page by name and location; modelled values are approximate. See all sources.

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