Nishisatsunai Dam

Nishisatsunai Dam
Nishisatsunai Dam Location within Japan
Location	Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan
Coordinates	42°38′27″N 143°4′13″E
Construction began	1979
Opening date	1994
Dam and spillways
Height	21 m (69 ft)
Length	184 m (604 ft)
Reservoir
Total capacity	946,000 m3 (33,400,000 cu ft)
Catchment area	5.8 km2 (2.2 sq mi)
Surface area	18 hectares (44 acres)

Nishisatsunai Dam (Japanese: 西札内ダム) is a gravity dam located in Hokkaido Prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for flood control. The catchment area of the dam is 5.8 km². The dam impounds about 18 ha of land when full and can store 946 thousand cubic meters of water. The construction of the dam was started on 1979 and completed in 1994.