The dam was built in 1963 across the Lam Phra Ploeng River at Pak Thong Chai
District of Nakhon Ratchasima Province as an earth dam of 50-m height and 575 m.
crest length able to impound water by 152 million cubic meters. Completed in 1970,
the dam can benefit the cultivated areas of 13,593 ha in the wet season and 3,200 ha
in the dry season. Moreover, by the dam construction, flood disaster in the
Lam Phra Ploeng and Mun river basins was alleviated as well.