Swift Creek Reservoir

Swift Creek Reservoir
Swift Creek Reservoir as viewed from the Hull Street Road entrance to Woodlake.
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Location	Chesterfield County, Virginia
Coordinates	37°24′37″N 77°40′29″W / 37.41028°N 77.67472°W / 37.41028; -77.67472
Type	Reservoir
Built	1965 (1965)
Surface area	1,700 acres (690 ha)
Surface elevation	177 ft (54 m)[1]

The Swift Creek Reservoir is a 1,700 acres (690 ha), 5,200,000,000 US gallons (2.0×10¹⁰ L; 4.3×10⁹ imp gal), man made lake in Chesterfield County, Virginia. It is 20–25 feet (6.1–7.6 m) deep at the channel and 6–12 feet (1.8–3.7 m) deep on average. It provides 20 percent of the county's water supply, and has a watershed area of 61.9 square miles (160 km²). It is fed by eight tributary creeks: Little Tomahawk Creek, Tomahawk Creek, Swift Creek, Otterdale Creek, Deep Creek, West Branch, Dry Creek, and Fuqua Creek. The reservoir provides drinking water and a recreational area to Chesterfield residents.^[2] There is no public access to the reservoir. Access from Sunday Park is limited to residents of the Brandermill community, in addition to various private docks and launches found throughout the Brandermill and Woodlake communities.