| Montgomery Dam | |
| Image Alt: | Montgomery Dam located on the Fox river in Montgomery, Illinois |
| Country: | USA |
| Location: | Montgomery,Illinois |
| Purpose: | Flood control, Navigation |
| Status: | O |
| Construction Began: | 1969 |
| Owner: | Illinois Department of Natural Resources |
| Dam Type: | G |
| Dam Crosses: | Fox River |
| Dam Height Foundation: | 7 ft (2.1 m) |
| Dam Length: | 325 ft (99 m) |
The Montgomery Dam is a gravity dam on the Fox River in Montgomery, Illinois. The dam was built for flood control and navigation in 1969 as a part of the Stratton project[1] dam system[2] which was designed to keep the river navagable from the Wisconsin border to the confluence with the Illinois River. It is owned by Illinois Department of Natural Resources. The dam is 7feet high and 325feet long. It impounds . The Fox River watershed above the Montgomery Dam totals 1732sqmi.[3]
For many years, this dam and the upstream North Avenue Dam set the water levels for the Aurora, Illinois stretch of the Fox River. In 2006, the City of Aurora removed the North Avenue Dam, and advocates of a free-flowing river are now seeking removal of the Montgomery Dam as well.[4]