Wilson Reservoir Boat Ramps

8 boat launches are mapped on Wilson Reservoir in Russell County, Kansas.

Wilson Reservoir facts

Surface area	7,846 acres
Type	Reservoir (mapped as Wilson Lake)
Average depth	about 31 ft (normal storage ÷ surface area)
Shoreline length	about 55.3 miles
Surface elevation	1,522 ft above sea level
Dam	Wilson Dam, completed 1964
Dam size	152 ft high, 5,600 ft long, earth dam
Dam purposes	Flood Risk Reduction, Irrigation, Fish and Wildlife Pond, Recreation
Dam owner	USACE - Kansas City District (Federal)
Normal storage	245,000 acre-feet
Impounded stream	Saline 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 KS00013). Matched to this page by name and location; modelled values are approximate. See all sources.

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