A. I. Selden Dam is a dam in

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. The concrete gravity dam was constructed in 1958 by the

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with a height of and long at its crest. It impounds the

Black Warrior River The Black Warrior River is a waterway in west-central Alabama in the southeastern United States. The river rises in the extreme southern edges of the Appalachian Highlands and flows 178 miles (286 km) to the Tombigbee River, of which the ...

for navigation and flood control. Named for the

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from

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, Armistead I. Selden, Jr., the dam is owned and operated by the Corps of Engineers. The riverine reservoir it creates, Warrior Lake, has a water surface of 12.2 square miles, a length of 77 miles, and has a maximum capacity of 58,650

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. Recreation includes camping, boating, fishing, hunting, and hiking, as well as seven day-use parks maintained by the Corps.army.mil
/ref> Alabama's Hale County Road 38 crosses the river over the dam.

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