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The 2021 Western North America heat wave was an extreme heat wave that affected much of Western North America from late June through mid-July 2021. [5] The heat wave affected Northern California, Idaho, Western Nevada, Oregon, and Washington in the United States, as well as British Columbia, and in its latter phase, Alberta, Manitoba, the Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan, and Yukon, all in ...
Aerial view of Lake McConaughy from the south. The lake, formed by Kingsley Dam, is a man-made body of water that is 22 miles (35 km) long, 4 miles (6.4 km) wide at its largest point, and 142 feet (43 m) deep near the dam (at full capacity) – it was constructed between 1936 and 1941 and is fed by the North Platte River. [2]
The best time to visit the lake, located about 25 miles east of Topeka, is December-February. ... Fifty bald eagles were counted in January 2021 around four lakes near Oxford: Arkabutla, Sardis ...
June–October – Wildfires in Algeria kills 90 people. [105] June 11–13 – Tropical Storm Koguma kills one person with two missing and caused $9.87 million (2021 USD) in damage across South China, Vietnam and Indochina. [171] [172] June 11 – Lake Mead drops to its lowest water level ever recorded due to the 2020–21 North American ...
On June 18–19, 2021, a severe weather outbreak affected the Midwestern United States, affecting the states of Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio.Floods, caused by training convection, [3] caused $51.7 million in damage and causing rainfall amounts of up to 7 inches (180 mm) across western Indiana, [4] causing one death. [5]
The 2021–22 North American winter was not as significant and record-breaking as the previous winter season.Despite this, several notable and significant events still occurred, including two separate record-breaking tornado outbreaks in mid-December, a significant winter storm in the South in mid-January, a powerful blizzard that impacted the Northeast coast at the end of January and a wide ...
20,916,400 acre⋅ft (25.8 km 3) 400 ft (122 m) 15: Lake Mead: Arizona - Nevada: 19,200,000 acre⋅ft (23.7 km 3) [2] 532 ft (162 m) man-made 16: Flathead Lake: Montana: 18,788,243 acre⋅ft (23.2 km 3) 371 ft (113 m) Remnant of Glacial Lake Missoula 17: Fort Peck Lake: Montana: 18,700,000 acre⋅ft (23.1 km 3) 220 ft (67 m) man-made 18: Lake ...
Kingsley Dam is located on the east side of Lake McConaughy in central Keith County, Nebraska, and was the second largest hydraulic fill dam in the world at the time of its completion. [1] It was built as part of the New Deal project. [2] The dam is 162 feet (49 m) tall, 3.1 miles (5.0 km) long, and 1,100 feet (340 m) wide at its base.