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Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Missouri.. 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).
This is a list of dams in the watershed of the Missouri River, a tributary of the Mississippi River, in the United States. There are an estimated 17,200 dams and reservoirs in the basin, most of which are small, local irrigation structures.
All reservoirs in Missouri should be included in this category. This includes all reservoirs that can also be found in the subcategories. The main article for this category is List of dams and reservoirs in Missouri; Wikimedia Commons has media related to Reservoirs in Missouri; See also category Lakes of Missouri
The upper reservoir can hold about 1.5 billion US gallons (4,600 acre-feet; 5.7 million cubic metres) of water behind a wall nearly 100 feet (30 m) tall. [12] It sits 760 feet (230 m) above the 450 MW hydroelectric plant, which gives it a greater head than that of Hoover Dam.
Fort Randall Dam is a 2.03-mile-long (3 km) earthen dam which spans the Missouri River and impounds Lake Francis Case, the 11th-largest reservoir in the U.S. [2] The dam joins Gregory and Charles Mix counties, South Dakota, a distance of 880 river miles (1,416 km) upstream of St. Louis, Missouri, where the river joins the Mississippi River.
A series of flood control reservoirs backed up by massive dams is a key factor driving the high water currently swelling the Missouri River. The abnormally high flow on the upper Missouri River ...
Category: Dams in Missouri. 4 languages. ... List of dams and reservoirs in Missouri; 0–9. Lock and Dam No. 22; Lock and Dam No. 25; Lock and Dam No. 26 (historical) B.
Missouri River Dams Key to 2011 Flood. A series of flood control reservoirs backed up by massive dams is a key factor driving the high water currently swelling the Missouri River. The abnormally ...