Orwell Dam

Orwell Dam
Orwell Dam
Country	United States
Location	Otter Tail County, Minnesota
Status	Operational
Opening date	1953
Designed by	United States Army Corps of Engineers,

Last updated July 24, 2023

Orwell Dam (National ID # MN00574) is a dam in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, about six miles southwest of Fergus Falls.

The earthen gravity dam was constructed in 1953 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, with a height of 60 feet and a length of 1355 feet at its crest.^[1] It impounds the Otter Tail River for flood control, irrigation water storage, and municipal drinking water.^[2] The dam is owned and operated by the St. Paul District, Mississippi Valley Division, Corps of Engineers.

The reservoir it creates, Orwell Lake, has a normal water surface of 1.3 square miles, with a maximum capacity of 20,600 acre-feet.^[3] Recreation includes hunting, boating, and fishing (for walleye, northern, crappie and redhorse sucker).^[4]

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References

↑ http://ce-npdp-serv2.stanford.edu/DamDirectory/DamDetail.jsp?npdp_id=MN00574 ^{[ dead link ]}
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2012-09-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
↑ "Orwell Reservoir and Dam". findlakes.com. Archived from the original on 2011-10-18.
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2012-09-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[1] ttp://ce-npdp-serv2.stanford.edu/DamDirectory/DamDetail.jsp?npdp_id=MN00574 ^{[ dead link ]}

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2012-09-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] "Orwell Reservoir and Dam". findlakes.com. Archived from the original on 2011-10-18.

[4] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2012-09-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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