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Geist Lake Marina is a full service marina featuring boat sales, slip rental, boat launching, boat service and repair, winter storage, gasoline and boating accessories. Geist Lake Marina makes it easy for your whole family to enjoy what the lake has to offer. Take advantage of the Geist Marina. It’s just around the corner!
Questions? Call us at (317) 849-8455 today!
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| A brief history of the Geist Reservoir |
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From a 1921 study that calculated the water needs of the City of Indianapolis for the ensuing 25 to 30 years, the Indianapolis Water Company (IWC) designed and built Geist and Morse Reservoirs. This study and the utility’s management recognized the fact that Indianapolis is located in a challenging place from the standpoint of an abundant natural water supply. Indianapolis is the largest city in America not located on a large river, lake or near mountain streams, and the City and its growth were completely dependent upon stored water capabilities. IWC had previously depended on rainfall in its watershed area, which lies north and northeast of the City and covers about 1,530 square miles. If that area of the state had severe dry weather conditions, it directly impacted the utility operations.
IWC first conceived the development of the Geist Reservoir in 1923. However actual construction did not begin until 1941. Geist Reservoir, fed by several small creeks, was completed and filled to capacity in March 1943. Geist has surface area of 1,900 acres, thirty five miles of shoreline, with a capacity of 6.9 billion gallons of water.
Geist Reservoir was named after Clarence Geist, the owner and operator of IWC from 1912 to 1938. Clarence Geist, although undeniably a controversial man, contributed greatly to the American utility scene throughout his career.
The primary purpose for its development was to generate a more consistent water supply to the IWC's Fall Creek Water Treatment Facility, which is located approximately eight miles southwest of Geist Reservoir adjacent to Fall Creek at Keystone Avenue. The reservoir was largely an isolated body of water for over three decades until IWC started a program of real estate development in the early 80's. Today, the reservoir has significant home developments and provides a recreational resource to this community for swimming, boating and fishing.
The Consolidated City of Indianapolis formed a Department of Waterworks who acquired this asset in 2002.
*Information submitted by the Indianapolis Water Company
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