Orwell Dam

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Orwell Dam
CountryUnited States
LocationOtter Tail County, Minnesota
StatusOperational
Opening date1953
Designed byUnited States Army Corps of Engineers,
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location of Fergus Falls, Minnesota and Orwell Dam

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]

References

  1. ↑ http://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)

46°13′03″N96°10′44″W / 46.21760°N 96.17893°W / 46.21760; -96.17893

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