List of dams and reservoirs in North Dakota

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Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in North Dakota.

All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m3). [1]

Dams and reservoirs in North Dakota

Lake Darling Dam Lake Darling Dam releases 22,000 cfs June 27.jpg
Lake Darling Dam
Baldhill Dam Baldhill Dam Sheyenne River.jpg
Baldhill Dam
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Drayton dam in Drayton, ND – Drayton County Riverside dam in Grand Forks, ND - Grand Forks County North dam in Fargo, ND - Cass County Midtown dam in Fargo, ND - Cass County South dam in Fargo, ND - Cass County Rock dam by Hickson, ND - Cass County Rock dam by Christine, ND - Richland County Kidder by Wahpeton, ND - Richland County [2]

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Oahe Dam Dam in Hughes/Stanley counties, South Dakota

The Oahe Dam is a large earthen dam on the Missouri River, just north of Pierre, South Dakota, United States. The dam creates Lake Oahe, the fourth-largest man-made reservoir in the United States. The reservoir stretches 231 miles (372 km) up the course of the Missouri to Bismarck, North Dakota. The dam's power plant provides electricity for much of the north-central United States. It is named for the Oahe Indian Mission established among the Lakota Sioux in 1874.

Lake Oahe

Lake Oahe is a large reservoir behind Oahe Dam on the Missouri River; it begins in central South Dakota and continues north into North Dakota in the United States. The lake has an area of 370,000 acres (1,500 km2) and a maximum depth of 205 ft (62 m). By volume, it is the fourth-largest reservoir in the US. Lake Oahe has a length of approximately 231 mi (372 km) and has a shoreline of 2,250 mi (3,620 km). 51 recreation areas are located along Lake Oahe, and 1.5 million people visit the reservoir every year. The lake is named for the 1874 Oahe Indian Mission.

Pine Flat Dam Dam in Fresno County, California

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Lewis and Clark Lake Man-made lake in Nebraska and South Dakota, United States

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Jamestown Dam Dam in North Dakota, United States. Located near Jamestown.

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Pipestem Dam Dam in North Dakota, United States. Located near Jamestown.

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Heart Butte Dam Dam in North Dakota, United States.

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Bowman-Haley Dam Dam in Bowman County, North Dakota

Bowman-Haley Dam is an embankment dam located in Bowman County, North Dakota, in the southwestern part of the state. The dam is just over 2 miles north of the South Dakota border.

Renwick Dam

Renwick Dam is a dam in Akra Township, Pembina County, North Dakota, USA, in the northeastern corner of the state.

The Standing Rock Rural Water System (RWS) is a $30 million water system funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in 2009 for about 10,000 residents of the Standing Rock Sioux reservation in North Dakota. The RWS includes the Standing Rock Water Treatment and the "Indian Memorial Intake Pump Station, a raw water pipeline, two transmission pipelines and Kline Butte Storage Reservoir." The main regulation reservoir of the Standing Rock Rural Water System is the $3.6 million Kline Butte Storage Reservoir, located southwest of Kenel, South Dakota, which consists of a 5 million gallon ground storage reservoir. Currently, the intake valve for the water system is "located in a shallow part of the Missouri River near Fort Yates, North Dakota, roughly 20 miles from the planned river crossing of the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline also known as the Bakken pipeline. The Bakken oil pipeline Dakota line is to be "buried 92 feet (28 m) below the riverbed in hard clay." A new valve came online in 2016 in Mobridge, South Dakota which is seventy miles south of the proposed Bakken Pipeline Missouri River crossing. This Mobridge intake valve is intended to service the entire Standing Rock Sioux reservation.

References

  1. "Major Dams of the United States". National Atlas of the United States. USGS. September 17, 2009. Archived from the original on August 14, 2009. Retrieved October 24, 2009.
  2. Minnesota State Parks and Trails Red River of the North: a state water trail guide [guides 1-3]