WSP05631

• File Number: 8407.500
• Description: Platte River Basin - River Basin General Publications - Missouri River
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 1/14/1988
• Author: MBSA
• Title: A Review of the Missouri River Main Stem System Operation
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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(;arn..Or1 lJam wa.~ 1X'J:'Un III 1946 llt'lIr Carri"oll.
;":unh lJaklllll ahout :\':"'0 milt.... helo..... Fort Pf'ck. (~lIr.
Ti"on was ,1ulhorilt'd a.. ,m {.It'lIlt'lll Ulth!. l'i('k-~lulln
!'lIm for .\Ii"..ouri Hi"er Ha"lIl dt.\(<lopmPllt ('onwirwrl
In the 1944 Flood Control ..\(-1. (;arrison Dlml i... :.?IO
ft't'I hieh and It liltlt- O\('t lI,o(H) f('('1 long. Lakf' :-'ak-
akawe8 Iw..hmd tht' dam i... 1';,", milt.... in 1t'IlJrlh at full
re...('rvoir. and ha... II total VUhlllH uI almo...! :.?.J mil/ion
aert" f{'t>L (ht' Iflq:('...t of any of Iht' main slem dam:,.
Carrison Dam was ('on:-lrurted hy tht' C'nrp.. of En.
"int'er~ lllr I1nod control. irri~<ltion, III1\"iJ;:'ation, and
hydropo\\'N Jlurpo..t'.. and wa,,, do,..{-d in W,i3. {;arri~"n
hli~ Ii llenl"ralin~ cllpacity of .r;-:I.OO(J k\\

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Ollht. Dill>> WIlS tlt'gun in W.li'i about :WO milt's down.
st rt'IWl from (;arri"on Dam nt'lIr Pierre. South Dakotn.
It WII,'" ab.() alltnoriled in thl' HI.I--! flOtxl Control Act
llnd wa~ do"t'd in W.i."" Oane Dam i~ lIf'arly 10,000
ff't't ]onj: llnd :!4;; fl't't high. LakP OahtO' has a Iota I
\olutllf' of 11 lilllf' u\t'r :!:i million acrf'-ft'et. only
slightly ,.;mallt'r that l.aktO' -"'aknka\\t'a, and i,.; 2:1O miles
In If'ngth at full re,.;t>r\'oir. Gahe Dam wa,.; constructed
for lloud control. irriglllion. na\-i~atilln, And h....dro.
pOWf"r purpo,..t>s Ilnd hll,.. n ~l'npratinll ('apllcity of about
700,000 k\\.

Bill Hf'nd Dam is 9.1 fpf't hij:h and about lO,HOU ff't't
long and lif"" onl~' "'6 mi]e~ 1)(']0.... Oahf' near ('ham-
fn.'rlain. ~otllh Dakota. Lakf' ~harp{..lwhilld HiJ;:' Bt'nd,
i.. ,so miJl'~ in len~h at full rl'~t'r"'oir, hackinJ;:' water
Ilf'arly [0 Plerrt'. l.ake ~harpe ha" a IOtal ,'ulumf' of
ahout 1.8 million a("ff'.fl'{'1. Hig Bend Dam .....as also