Lake Wyola
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| Location | Shutesbury, Massachusetts |
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| Primary inflows | Fiske Brook |
| Primary outflows | Sawmill River |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Surface area | 128 acres (0.5 km²) |
| Average depth | 11 feet (3.4 m) |
| Max. depth | 33 feet (10.1 m) |
Lake Wyola is a lake located in Shutesbury, Massachusetts, United States.
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[edit] The Dam
Construction was completed on a dam in 1883 that increased the size of the lake from 65 acres (0.3 km²) to 130 acres (0.5 km²). Doubling the size of the lake. The dam was originally installed to help provide hydropower on the Sawmill River, then the site of numerous mills. Lake Wyola Dam is of earthen construction. The dam is a 232 feet (70.7 m) long, 14 feet (4.3 m) high masonry embankment dam with a concrete spillway. Its capacity is 833 acre feet (1.02M m³). Normal storage is 830 acre feet(1.02M m³). It drains an area of 6.4 square miles (16.6 km²).
In 1998 the dam was classified as a high-hazard dam by state officials. They said that there was a potential for a large loss of property and life downstream, in the towns of Leverett and Montague,[1] if the dam should fail.
