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South Fork State Recreation Area is a state park unit of the state of Nevada covering nearly four thousand acres, located five miles (8.0 km) due south of Elko. [4] The park comprises the 1,650-acre (670 ha) South Fork Reservoir [ 5 ] and surrounding marsh, meadowlands, and hills.
South Fork Dam and Reservoir, looking southeast. South Fork Dam is a dam in Elko County, Nevada, in the northeastern part of the state, about fifteen miles south of the town of Elko. The earthen dam was completed in 1988 by the Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, with a height of 72 feet and 1650 feet long at its crest. [1]
Below the dam, South Fork Silver Creek winds its way west for 4.5 miles before turning northward for another 7.5 miles where it empties into Junction Reservoir. Big Silver Creek begins near Pearl Lake just to the southeast of Two Peaks East in the Desolation Wilderness and flows for six miles due west into Union Valley Reservoir.
All reservoirs in Nevada should be included in this category. The main article for this category is List of dams and reservoirs in Nevada; Wikimedia Commons has media related to Reservoirs in Nevada; See also category Lakes of Nevada
At the reservoir, it is joined by the smaller South Fork, which descends for 42 miles (68 km) from the Sierra Nevada to the east. Much of State Route 108 (the Sonora Pass Highway) runs parallel to the South Fork, as well as the upper part of the Middle Fork, linking a number of small communities in the upper Stanislaus basin. [9]
This region was settled by white men in 1867. South Fork was a stagecoach stop and there was a big hotel which closed in 1871. In 1874, the post office was reopened and closed in 1877. The area is now known as Shepherd's Station, a recreation park that offers fishing, hunting and camping. [2]
South Fork's Bliss Weiler plays Gateway in a No. 2 singles tennis match during the Region 7-3A final on Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Martin County.
A modern view of the South Fork Dam. The large gap overlooked by the two wooden terraces pictured is the breach that caused the Johnstown Flood.. The South Fork Dam was an earthenwork dam forming Lake Conemaugh (formerly Western Reservoir, also known as the Old Reservoir and Three Mile Dam, a misnomer), [1] an artificial body of water near South Fork, Pennsylvania, United States.