Oahe Dam

Local nameOahe Dam
LocationStanley County, South Dakota, United States

The Oahe Dam is a large earthen dam on the Missouri River, just north of Pierre, South Dakota, United States. The dam creates Lake Oahe, the fourth-largest man-made reservoir in the United States. The reservoir stretches 231 miles up the course of the Missouri to Bismarck, North Dakota. The dam's power plant provides electricity for much of the north-central United States. It is named for the Oahe Indian Mission established among the Lakota Sioux in 1874.

The project provides flood control, hydropower generation, irrigation, and navigation benefits. Oahe Dam is one of six Missouri River mainstem dams, the next dam upstream is Garrison Dam, near Riverdale, North Dakota, and the next dam downstream is Big Bend Dam, near Fort Thompson, South Dakota.

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Aerial view of Ryan Dam… @ Service Air Force Operation / CRISIS REACH 95-02NORTHERN PIKE Camera SSGT. LANCE CHEUNG
 

More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oahe_Dam

Official website http://www.nwo.usace.army.mil/Missions/Dam-and-Lake-Projects/Missouri-River-Dams/Oahe/

Email dll-cenwo-oahe@nwo02.usace.army.mil

Phone +1 605 224 5862

Address SD-204, 57532, United States

Coordinates 44°27'2.06" N -100°24'8.004" E

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