of the reservoir. Another paved county road, Embankment Road, runs northeast-southwest along the top of the dam. There are several settlements on or near the reservoir. The largest, Burlington, lies roughly southeast of the dam on the Neosho River. New Strawn is located immediately east of the reservoir at the northeast end of the dam. Ottumwa, which is unincorporated, sits on the reservoir's north shore. Hydrography The surface area, surface elevation, and water volume of the reservoir fluctuate based on inflow and local climatic conditions. In terms of capacity, the Corps of Engineers vertically divides the reservoir into a set of pools based on volume and water level, and the reservoir is considered full when filled to the capacity of its conservation pool. When full, John Redmond Reservoir has an approximate surface area of , a surface elevation of , and a volume of . When filled to maximum capacity, it has a surface elevation of and a volume of . The streambed underlying the reservoir has an elevation of . Infrastructure John Redmond Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam that stands above the streambed and long. At its crest, the dam has an elevation of . A section of the dam at its northeast end is a concrete spillway that empties into the Neosho River channel. The spillway is an ogee weir controlled by 14 by tainter gates. When the reservoir is filled to maximum capacity, the spillway has a discharge capacity of . Additional outlet works include two low-flow pipes with a capacity of at the spillway crest. An intake building for the Wolf Creek Generating Station is located below the dam. This serves as a secondary cooling source for the plant. The maximum capacity of the river channel below the dam is . Management The Tulsa District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers manages John Redmond Dam and Reservoir for the purposes of flood control, recreation, water quality control, and water supply. The Corps oversees recreational activities both on the reservoir surface and in the parks around it. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service manages of land along the river northwest of the reservoir as the Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge. In addition, the Corps of Engineers has licensed the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWP) to manage on the reservoir's southwest shore as the Otter Creek Wildlife Area. The Wildlife Area includes approximately