Red Willow Dam

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Red Willow Dam
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Location of Red Willow Dam in Nebraska
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Red Willow Dam (the United States)
Country United States
Location Frontier County, Nebraska
Coordinates 40°21′31″N100°40′02″W / 40.35863°N 100.66725°W / 40.35863; -100.66725
StatusOperationa
Construction began1960
Opening date1962
Designed by United States Bureau of Reclamation
Dam and spillways
Height126 ft (38 m)
Reservoir
CreatesHugh Butler Lake
Total capacity86,630 acre⋅ft (106,860,000 m3)
Surface area1,629 acres (659 ha)
Normal elevation2,510 ft (765 m) [1]

Red Willow Dam (National ID # NE01076) is a dam in Frontier County, Nebraska, about ten miles northwest of McCook.

The earthen dam was constructed from 1960 to 1962 by the United States Bureau of Reclamation, with a height of 126 feet (38 m). [2] It impounds Willow Creek for flood control, part of the Frenchman-Cambridge Division of the Bureau's extensive Pick–Sloan Missouri Basin Program. The dam is owned and operated by the Bureau.

The reservoir it creates, Hugh Butler Lake, has a water surface of 1,629 acres (659 ha), 4,461 acres (1,805 ha) of land, about 35 miles (56 km) of shoreline, and a maximum water capacity of 86,630 acre-feet (106,860,000 m3). [3] Recreation includes fishing (for walleye, crappie, white bass, channel catfish, and wipers, etc.), hunting, boating, camping and hiking. [4] The shore borders Nebraska's Red Willow Reservoir State Recreation Area.

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Red Willow Dam
  2. "Dam details - Red Willow Dam - Bureau of Reclamation". Archived from the original on 2012-09-25. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
  3. "Hugh Butler Lake (Red Willow Reservoir State Recreation Area), Nebraska".
  4. "Project details - Frenchman-Cambridge Division - Bureau of Reclamation". Archived from the original on 2012-09-25. Retrieved 2012-08-01.