Cedar Pocket Dam

Not to be confused with Cedar Grove Weir.

The Cedar Pocket Dam is a partially concrete gravity and rock and earth-fill embankment dam with an un-gated spillway located across the Deep Creek in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia. The main purpose of the dam is for irrigation,^[2][3] where the dam provides regulated water supplies along Deep Creek, a tributary of the Mary River.

Cedar Pocket Dam
Cedar Pocket Dam wall and spillway
Location of the Cedar Pocket Dam in Queensland
Country	Australia
Location	Wide Bay–Burnett, Queensland
Coordinates	26°12′48″S 152°47′31″E
Purpose	Irrigation
Status	Operational
Opening date	1987 (1987)
Operator(s)	SEQ Water
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Embankment dam
Impounds	Deep Creek
Height	20 m (66 ft)
Length	117 m (384 ft)
Dam volume	8×10^3 m3 (280×10^3 cu ft)
Spillway type	Uncontrolled
Spillway capacity	1,100 m3/s (39,000 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
Total capacity	735 ML (26.0×10^6 cu ft)[1]
Catchment area	17.8 km2 (6.9 sq mi)
Surface area	22 ha (54 acres)
Maximum water depth	12.3 m (40 ft)
Normal elevation	101.07 m (331.6 ft) AHD
Website www.seqwater.com.au

Location and features

The Cedar Pocket Dam is located about 12 km (7.5 mi) east of Gympie.

The dam wall is 20 metres (66 ft) high and 117 metres (384 ft) long and holds back 735 megalitres (26.0×10^⁶ cu ft) of water when at full capacity. The surface area of the reservoir is 22 hectares (54 acres) and the catchment area is 17.8 square kilometres (6.9 sq mi). The uncontrolled un-gated spillway has a discharge capacity of 1,110 cubic metres per second (39,000 cu ft/s).^[1][3] The dam is managed by Seqwater.^[4]

Recreation

There is a scenic lookout at Cedar Pocket Dam, however, picnic facilities and public toilets are unavailable.

Cedar Pocket Dam at 73.9% capacity, November 2021