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Garrison Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Missouri River in central North Dakota, U.S. Constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from 1947 to 1953, at over two miles (3.2 km) in length, the dam is the fifth-largest earthen dam in the world. [4]
Lake Sakakawea, Garrison Dam, and other dams and reservoirs of the Pick–Sloan Project, and affected Indian reservations. The reservoir was created by construction of Garrison Dam, part of a flood control and hydroelectric power generation project named the Pick–Sloan Project along the Missouri river. Garrison dam was completed in 1956.
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in North Dakota. 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 ).
Hauser Dam: MT: Hauser Lake: 80 24 98,000 0.121 19 Holter Dam: MT: Holter Lake: 124 38 243,000 0.300 48 Black Eagle Dam: MT: Long Pool 13 4 2,000 0.002 21 Rainbow Dam: MT: 29 9 1,000 0.001 36 Cochrane Dam: MT: 59 18 3,000 0.004 64 Ryan Dam: MT: 61 19 5,000 0.006 60 Morony Dam: MT: 59 18 3,000 0.004 48 Fort Peck Dam: MT: Fort Peck Lake: 250 76 ...
The park was originally developed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as Garrison Lake State Park. [4] The North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department assumed management in 1965, then expanded the park, renaming it Lake Sakakawea State Park in 1973.
The tallest dam in the eastern U.S. is 480-foot (150 m) Fontana Dam in North Carolina, ... North Dakota: Garrison Dam: 210 64 Embankment Missouri River
Gavins Point Dam and Lewis and Clark Lake in South Dakota and Nebraska Based on Pick–Sloan legislation, the Reclamation Project Authorization Act of October 20, 1972 authorized the Bureau of Reclamation to build additional dams at the North Loup River and Middle Loup River in Nebraska : Six dams were constructed between 1976 and 1994: [ 6 ]
Riverdale is a town in McLean County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 223 at the 2020 census. [3] Riverdale was the largest of the construction camps that sprang up in 1946 to house workers building the Garrison Dam just to the west. After the dam was completed in 1953, residents of the other camps (including Dakota City and Big ...