Long Branch Dam is a dam in Macon County in northern Missouri, about north of Columbia, Missouri.
| Long Branch Dam | |
| Location Map: | Missouri#USA |
| Location Map Caption: | Location of Long Branch Dam |
| Coordinates: | 39.7524°N -92.5147°W |
| Country: | United States |
| Location: | Macon County Missouri |
| Purpose: | Flood control, Water storage |
| Opening: | 1978 |
| Builder: | United States Army Corps of Engineers |
| Dam Crosses: | East Fork Little Chariton River |
| Dam Height: | 71feet |
| Res Name: | Long Branch Lake |
| Res Capacity Total: | 98000acre feet |
| Res Elevation: | 240m (790feet) |
The dam is a project of the United States Army Corps of Engineers to provide flood control, water storage, wildlife conservation, and recreation. Completed in 1978, the 71foot high earthen dam impounds the water of the East Fork of the Little Chariton River.[1]
Long Branch Lake is the reservoir created by the dam, with about of shoreline and a flood-control capacity of . In addition to the adjacent state-run Long Branch State Park with three separate units,[2] the dam has a visitor's center at its southern end, and the Atlanta State Wildlife Area at its northern end.