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Smithville Lake, MO

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Lake Size: 7,190 acres
Shoreline Length (Miles): 175 miles
Latitude: 39.402377
Longitude: -94.53289
Lake Level Above Sea Level: 801 ft (244 m)
Counties: Clay County
Cities: Smithville
Lake Management: United States Army Corps of Engineers

Information: Smithville Lake is a 7,190-acre (29 km2) reservoir on the Little Platte branch of the Platte River (Missouri) near Smithville, Missouri. The lake was built and is administered by the Kansas City office of the United States Army Corps of Engineers (which includes all of Missouri and Kansas as well as small portions of Nebraska and Iowa). According to its website the lake is 10th in size of the corp lakes in the district but third in terms of shoreline.
  
  • Miscellaneous Info
The lake was authorized in 1965. Construction began in 1972 with the dam being completed in 1977. Impoundment began in 1979. The Jerry L. Litton Visitor Center by the dam tells the history of the area as well as has memorabilia about the Congressman who died in a plane crash on election night after winning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in 1976.
 



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