List of dams in the Missouri River watershed

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Map showing the Missouri River basin Missouri River basin map.png
Map showing the Missouri River basin
Garrison Dam, which forms Lake Sakakawea, the largest reservoir on the Missouri River Garrison Dam aerial.jpg
Garrison Dam, which forms Lake Sakakawea, the largest reservoir on the Missouri River

This is a list of dams in the watershed of the Missouri River , a tributary of the Mississippi River, in the United States. There are an estimated 17,200 dams and reservoirs in the basin, most of which are small, local irrigation structures. Reservoirs in the watershed total a capacity of approximately 141,000,000 acre-feet (174 km3). [1]

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Mainstem dams

NameStateReservoirHeightStorage capacityCapacity
(MW)
ft m acre.ft km3
Toston Dam MT 56173,0000.00410
Canyon Ferry Dam MT Canyon Ferry Lake 225691,973,0002.43450
Hauser Dam MT Hauser Lake 802498,0000.12119
Holter Dam MT Holter Lake 12438243,0000.30048
Black Eagle Dam MT Long Pool1342,0000.00221
Rainbow Dam MT 2991,0000.00136
Cochrane Dam MT 59183,0000.00464
Ryan Dam MT 61195,0000.00660
Morony Dam MT 59183,0000.00448
Fort Peck Dam MT Fort Peck Lake 2507618,690,00023.053185
Garrison Dam ND Lake Sakakawea 2106423,800,00029.356515
Oahe Dam SD Lake Oahe 2457523,500,00028.986786
Big Bend Dam SD Lake Sharpe 95291,910,0002.356493
Fort Randall Dam SD Lake Francis Case 165505,700,0007.031320
Gavins Point Dam NE
SD
Lewis and Clark Lake 7423492,0000.607132

Tributary dams

All tributary dams with a storage capacity greater than 250,000 acre-feet (0.31 km3) are listed in the table below.

NameStateRiverReservoirHeightStorage capacityCapacity
(MW)
ft m acre.ft km3
Bagnell Dam MO Osage Lake of the Ozarks 148451,927,0002.377215
Boysen Dam WY Wind Boysen Reservoir 22067952,4001.17515
Buffalo Bill Dam WY Shoshone Buffalo Bill Reservoir 350110623,5570.76930.5
Chatfield Dam CO South Platte Chatfield Reservoir 14745350,0000.4320
Clark Canyon Dam MT Jefferson Clark Canyon Reservoir 14845325,3240.4010
Glendo Dam WY North Platte Glendo Reservoir 190581,170,5051.44438
Harry S. Truman Dam MO Osage Truman Reservoir 126385,408,6006.671160
Hebgen Dam MT Madison Hebgen Lake 8526325,0000.4010
Keyhole Dam WY Belle Fourche Keyhole Reservoir 16851334,2000.4120
Kingsley Dam NE North Platte Lake McConaughy 162491,740,0002.14651.9
Melvern Dam KS Marais des Cygnes Melvern Reservoir 12538355,3000.4380
Milford Dam KS Republican Milford Lake 90271,125,2001.3870
Pathfinder Dam WY North Platte Pathfinder Reservoir 214651,016,5001.25466.8
Perry Dam KS Delaware Perry Lake 151461,417,7001.7490
Pomme de Terre Dam MO Pomme de Terre Pomme de Terre Lake 15547650,0000.8020
Seminoe Dam WY North Platte Seminoe Reservoir 295901,017,2791.25545
Stockton Dam MO Sac Stockton Lake 131401,674,0002.06552
Tiber Dam MT Marias Lake Elwell 211641,515,0001.86910
Tuttle Creek Dam KS Big Blue Tuttle Creek Lake 137423,185,7003.9290
Wilson Dam KS Saline Wilson Lake 13040736,0000.9080
Yellowtail Dam MT Bighorn Bighorn Lake 5251601,381,1891.704250

See also

References

  1. "Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System Master Water Control Manual". U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. University of Nebraska Lincoln Digital Commons. January 1, 2006. Retrieved January 20, 2012.