Bowman-Haley Dam Explained

Bowman-Haley Dam
Location Map:North Dakota
Coordinates:45.9833°N -103.245°W
Country:United States
Location:Bowman County, North Dakota
Status:O
Opening:1970
Owner: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District
Dam Type:Embankment
Dam Height:790NaN0
Dam Length:57300NaN0
Dam Crosses:North Fork of the Grand River
Res Name:Bowman-Haley Reservoir
Res Capacity Total:171838acre feet[1] (Maximum Pool)
Res Capacity Active:19780acre feet (Normal Pool)
Res Surface:2.7 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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Summary of Engineering Data – Missouri River Main Stem System. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Missouri River Division. August 2010. 2012-08-17. 2012-02-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20120207121436/http://www.nwd-mr.usace.army.mil/rcc/projdata/summaryengdat.pdf. dead.
  2. Web site: Omaha District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Home Page . 2012-08-11 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120802085758/http://www.nwo.usace.army.mil/lake_proj/garrison/bowman.html . 2012-08-02 .
  3. http://www.nwo.usace.army.mil/lake_proj/brochures/BH_brochure.pdf{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  4. Web site: North Lake North Lake Long Lake Area . 2012-08-11 . 2012-09-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120915015241/http://findlakes.com/northcentral_north_dakota_lakes_n48w101.htm . dead .