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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 ...
Lake Sakakawea State Park is a public recreation area occupying 739 acres (299 ha) on the southern shore of Lake Sakakawea in Mercer County, North Dakota. The state park is located adjacent to the Garrison Dam, one mile (1.6 km) north of Pick City. [3]
Pages in category "Dams in North Dakota" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. ... Garrison Dam; H. Heart Butte Dam; J. Jamestown Dam; L.
Araceli Bloom, a social media influencer with more than 230,000 followers on TikTok, blamed the dam removal project—in which four hydroelectric dams on Klamath River, which runs through ...
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