Hodges Village Dam was built in 1959 at a cost of $4.4 million by the US Army Corps of Engineers in response to the floods of 1936 which caused tremendous property damage and took many lives in the Thames River Basin. To date, it has prevented damages of more than $31.8 million. It is part of a system of six flood control dams designed and built by the US Army Corps of Engineers in the basin. This system controls flooding from Oxford, Massachusets, to Long Island Sound.

Flood pool data.

USGS Charts for the French River below the dam.

USGS Charts for the French River at Webster.