A. I. Selden Dam | |
Coordinates: | 32.7792°N -87.8408°W |
Country: | United States |
Location: | Hale County, Alabama |
Opening: | 1958 |
Dam Type: | Concrete gravity dam |
Dam Height: | 71feet |
Dam Length: | 684feet |
Dam Crosses: | Black Warrior River |
Res Name: | Warrior Lake |
Res Capacity Total: | 58650acre-feet |
Res Surface: | 12.2mi2 |
Res Max Length: | 77miles |
A. I. Selden Dam is a dam in Hale County, Alabama. The concrete gravity dam was constructed in 1958 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers with a height of 71feet and 684feet long at its crest.[1] It impounds the Black Warrior River for navigation and flood control. Named for the U.S. representative from Alabama, Armistead I. Selden, Jr., the dam is owned and operated by the Corps of Engineers.[2]
The riverine reservoir it creates, Warrior Lake, has a water surface of 12.2 square miles, a length of 77 miles, and has a maximum capacity of 58,650 acre-feet.[3] Recreation includes camping, boating, fishing, hunting, and hiking, as well as seven day-use parks maintained by the Corps.[4] Alabama's Hale County Road 38 crosses the river over the dam.