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The Beaver Dam River is a 30.5-mile-long (49.1 km) [1] tributary of the Crawfish River in south-central Wisconsin in the United States. [2] Via the Crawfish and Rock rivers, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed .
Beaver Dam was first settled by Thomas Mackie and Joseph Goetschius in 1841; by 1843, it had a population of almost 100. The city was named for an old beaver dam located in a stream flowing into Beaver Dam River. [6] The area had also been known as Okwaanim, Chippewa for beaver dam. [7] The community was incorporated as a city on March 18, 1856 ...
A beaver dam or beaver impoundment is a dam built by beavers; it creates a pond which protects against predators such as coyotes, wolves and bears, and holds their food during winter. These structures modify the natural environment in such a way that the overall ecosystem builds upon the change, making beavers a keystone species and ecosystem ...
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Wisconsin.. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3).
The United States Army Corps of Engineers constructed Beaver Dam during the years 1960–1966, impounding a major part of the White River and creating Beaver Lake and flooding much of the valley including the remains of the historic resort town Monte Ne. The dam is located 9 miles (14 km) northwest of Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Construction of ...
Beaver River is a tributary of the Ohio River in Western Pennsylvania. Approximately 21 mi (34 km) long, it flows through a historically important coal -producing region north of Pittsburgh . The river is formed in Lawrence County by the confluence of the Mahoning and Shenango rivers in the Mahoningtown neighborhood of New Castle . [ 4 ]
Beaver Dam is a home rule-class city [3] in Ohio County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 3,409 at the 2010 census, and it is the most populous community in the county. It is named for the Beaver Dam Baptist Church which predates the town by several decades. [4] The city was formally incorporated by the state assembly in 1873. [5]
Beaver Dam is home to the three schools that comprise the Littlefield Unified School District: Beaver Dam Elementary and Beaver Dam Jr./Sr. High School. Beaver Dam and neighboring Littlefield have the distinction of being the only towns in Arizona along I-15. Owing to its location northwest of Grand Canyon National Park and west of the Virgin ...