Reservoir & Watershed	Winsor Dam	Spillway	Goodnough Dike	Water Supply
Costs	Quabbin Park	Historical	Forestry	Wildlife

Reservoir and Watershed
Reservoir length	18 miles
Reservoir depth (max)	151 feet
Reservoir depth (avg)	45 feet
Shoreline (without islands)	118 miles
Island shoreline	63 miles
Reservoir capacity	412 billion gallons
Reservoir surface area	25,000 acres
Top one inch when full	750 million gallons
Area of watershed	120,000 acres
Area of Prescott Peninsula	12,300 acres
Area of islands	3,500 acres
Highest watershed elevation (Prospect Hill, Phillipston)	1,383 feet
Reservoir elevation when full, Boston City Base (BCB)	530 feet
Towns in watershed	Athol, Barre, Belchertown, Hardwick, New Salem, Orange, Pelham, Petersham, Phillipston, Shutesbury, Ware, Wendell
Swift River release (legal requirement)	20 million gallons/day
Average annual precipitation	44 inches
Average precipitation yield to reservoir	50%
Average reservoir gain from 1 inch precipitation	1.6 billion gallons
Winsor Dam
Built	1935-1939
Length	2,640 feet
Maximum height above bedrock	295 feet
Height above Swift River	170 feet
Fill used	4 million cubic yards
Width at top / bottom	35 feet / 724 feet
Number of caissons	40
Winsor Dam Spillway
Length	400 feet
Height	4-15 feet
Width	7-12 feet
Height above riverbed	155 feet
Goodnough Dike
Built	1933-38
Length	2,140 feet
Width top / bottom	35 feet / 878 feet
Height above bedrock	264 feet
Height above Beaver Brook	135 feet
Fill used	2.5 million cubic yards
Number of caissons	31
Water Supply
Lowest safe level	-40' (38% capacity)
Lowest historic level (3/5/67)	-34.3' (45% capacity)
Highest historic level (6/1/84)	+1.8' (103% capacity)
Number of years over spillway	16
Daily safe yield (entire MDC system)	300 million gallons
Population served 1946 1963 1990	1.5 million 2.1 million 2.2 million
Per capita use (includes industrial) 1950 1963 1980 1990	104 gallons/day 138 gallons/day 177 gallons/day 151 gallons/day
Costs
Acquisition of real estate	$9.6 million
Construction of Winsor Dam	$5.85 million
Construction of Goodnough Dike	$2.9 million
Relocation work	$1.39 million
Reforestation work	$135,000
1936 Clearing Project	$1.84 million
Quabbin Park Cemetery	$266,000
Total Project Costs	$53 million
Lives lost during construction	26
Quabbin Park
Opened to public	July 1945
Administration Building built	1938-39
Visitor Center opened	1984
Size	3,200 acres
Public roads	12 miles
Trails	22 miles
Quabbin Hill Lookout Tower Built Height Elevation at base States seen Sight distance (Mt. Greylock)	1940-41 84 feet 1,033 feet MA, NH, CT 62 miles
Quabbin Park Cemetery Built Remains transferred Total grave sites (1990) Size Developed area	1931-32 6,601 7,971 82 acres 22 acres
Winsor Memorial Dedicated Rededicated	6/17/41 6/16/88
Historical
Date towns discontinued	April 28, 1938
Number of structures removed	1,100
Number of homes removed	650
Population displaced	2,500
Highways abandoned	242 miles
Highways relocated	36 miles
Railroad tracks removed	31.5 miles
Number of cemeteries removed	34
Grave sites removed	7,613
Size of original taking	80,443 acres
Average cost per acre	$108
Forestry
Seedlings planted 1936-46	8.2 million
Number of native-tree species	70+
Hardwood forest cover	67%
Softwood forest cover	33%
Forest cover types Timber - 60-100+ years old Poles - 40-60 years old Seedling & sapling Fields	66% 33% <1% <1%
Gravel roads in Quabbin Reservation	250 miles
Annual seedling plantings	40,000 trees
Wildlife
Bird species total / confirmed nesting	250+ / 120+
First recorded Loon nesting	1975
Bald Eagle First recorded Introduction Program Number of birds released First successful nest Maximum recorded in a season Cost of program	1948 1982-88 41 1989 42 $210,000
Mammal species	50
Fish species	27
First Coyote seen	1971
Amphibian species	19
Reptil species	15

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