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Caesar Creek State Park is located in southwestern Ohio, five miles east of Waynesville, in Warren, Clinton, and Greene Counties. The park is leased by the State from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, who in the 1970s erected a dam on Caesars Creek to impound a 2,830 acre (11 km²) lake. The total park area, including the lake, is 7,941 acres (32 km²). The park has 43 miles (69 km) of hiking trails and 31 miles (50 km) of bridle trails. Official language(s) None Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus Largest metro area Cleveland Area  Ranked 34th  - Total 44,825 sq mi (116,096 km²)  - Width 220 miles (355 km)  - Length 220 miles (355 km)  - % water 8. ... Waynesville is a village located in Wayne Township, Warren County, Ohio. ... Warren County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. ... Clinton County is a county located in the state of Ohio. ... Greene County is a county located in the state of Ohio. ... United States Army Corps of Engineers logo The United States Army Corps of Engineers, or USACE, is made up of some 34,600 civilian and 650 military men and women. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... Scrivener Dam, in Canberra, Australia, was engineered to withstand a once-in-5000-years flood A dam is a barrier across flowing water that obstructs, directs or retards the flow, often creating a reservoir, lake or impoundment. ...


The Army Corps site states:

Congress authorized Caesar Creek Lake under the Flood Control Act of 1938. The Louisville District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers designed, built, and operates Caesar Creek Lake.
During the fall and winter months, the lake level is lowered to prepare for the storage of heavy spring rainfall. If heavy rains occur, surface water runoff is stored in the lake until the swollen streams and rivers below the dam have receded. Once they can handle the discharge of the stored water without damage to lives or property, the extra water is released.

The dam is an earth and rock fill dam 165 feet (50 m) high and 2,750 feet (840 m) long. The Army Corps site is an area of 10,550 acres (43 km²). The watershed above the dam has an area of 237 square miles (614 km²). Construction started in 1971 and was finished in 1978. 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ...


The village of New Burlington was flooded by the lake. The site is in the Warren County townships of Massie and Wayne. New Burlington, Ohio was a former community in the northwestern corner of Clinton County, Ohio. ... Warren County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. ... Massie Township, one of eleven in Warren County, Ohio, is located in the northeast part of the county and the least populous of Warren Countys townships. ... Wayne Township, one of eleven in Warren County, Ohio, is located in the northeast part of the county and includes the village of Waynesville, Ohio. ...


External links

  • Official State Park Website
  • Official ODNR Website (with links for reservations)
  • Park map
  • Caesars Creek Gorge
  • Another site on the park
  • Friends of Caesars Creek
  • Army Corps page on the lake
  • Collection of photos of the area before the lake and during construction

References

  • John Baskin. New Burlington: The Life and Death of an American Village. New York: W. W. Norton, 1976. ISBN 0-393-08366-7
  • Ohio. Department of Natural Resources. Division of Geological Survey. Excursion to Caesar Creek State Park in Warren County, Ohio. By Douglas L. Shrake. Geological Survey Guidebook No. 12. Columbus, Ohio: The Department, 1992
  • United States Department of Agriculture. Natural Resources Conservation Service. Caesar Creek Watershed, Miami Valley Resource Conservation and Development Area : Clinton, Greene, and Warren Counties, Ohio. Fort Worth, Texas: The Service, 1995.
  • United States. Department of the Army. Corps of Engineers. Louisville District. Final Updated Environmental Impact Statement: Caesar Creek Lake Project, Ohio. Louisville, Kentucky: The Corps, 1974.
  • Art Weber. Ohio State Parks. Saginaw, Michigan: Glovebox Guidebooks, 1995. ISBN 1-881139-04-2.
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