Bowman-Haley Dam

Dam in Bowman County, North Dakota

45°59′00″N 103°14′42″W / 45.9833°N 103.2450°W / 45.9833; -103.2450StatusOperationalOpening date1970Owner(s)

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha DistrictDam and spillwaysType of damEmbankmentImpoundsNorth Fork of the Grand RiverHeight79 ft (24 m)Length5,730 ft (1,747 m)ReservoirCreatesBowman-Haley ReservoirTotal capacity171,838 acre⋅ft (0.211959 km³)^[1] (Maximum Pool)Active capacity19,780 acre⋅ft (0.02440 km³)^[1] (Normal Pool)Surface area2.7 square miles

Bowman-Haley Dam is an embankment dam located in Bowman County, North Dakota, in the southwestern part of the state. The dam is just over 2 miles north of the South Dakota border.

The earthen dam was constructed in 1970 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers to impound the North Fork of the Grand River for flood control, fish and wildlife preservation, recreation, and municipal and industrial water supply.^[2] The dam is owned and operated by the Corps of Engineers, with a height of 79 feet and a length of 5730 at its crest.^[3]

The reservoir it creates, Bowman-Haley Lake, has a water surface of 2.7 square miles and a maximum capacity of 171,838 acre-feet, although its normal storage level of 19,780 acre-feet is much smaller.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Summary of Engineering Data – Missouri River Main Stem System" (PDF). Missouri River Division. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. August 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
^ "Omaha District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Home Page". Archived from the original on 2012-08-02. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
^ http://www.nwo.usace.army.mil/lake_proj/brochures/BH_brochure.pdf^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "North Lake North Lake Long Lake Area". Archived from the original on 2012-09-15. Retrieved 2012-08-11.