List of dams and reservoirs in South Dakota explained

Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in South Dakota.

All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50feet tall with a storage capacity of at least 5000acre.ft, or of any height with a storage capacity of 25000acre.ft.^[1]

Dams and reservoirs in South Dakota

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• Angostura Dam, Angostura Reservoir, United States Bureau of Reclamation
• Belle Fourche Dam, Belle Fourche Reservoir, USBR
• Big Bend Dam, Lake Sharpe, United States Army Corps of Engineers
• Big Stone Lake Dam, Big Stone Lake, State of Minnesota (on the South Dakota - Minnesota border)
• Cold Brook Dam, Cold Brook Lake, USACE
• Cottonwood Springs Dam, Cottonwood Springs Lake, USACE
• Deerfield Dam, Deerfield Reservoir, USBR
• Fort Randall Dam, Lake Francis Case, USACE
• Gavins Point Dam, Lewis and Clark Lake, USACE (on the South Dakota - Nebraska border)
• Oahe Dam, Lake Oahe, USACE (extends into North Dakota)
• Oglala Dam, Oglala Lake, Oglala Sioux Tribe
• Pactola Dam, Pactola Lake, USBR
• Shadehill Dam, Shadehill Reservoir, USBR
• Slater Dam, (east of CR 17, Pennington County)
• Squaw Humper Dam
• Sheridan Dam, Sheridan Lake, United States Forest Service
• Reservation Dam and White Rock Dam, Lake Traverse, USACE

See also

• List of lakes in South Dakota

Notes and References

1. Web site: Major Dams of the United States. National Atlas of the United States. USGS. September 17, 2009. October 24, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090814080910/http://nationalatlas.gov/mld/dams00x.html. August 14, 2009. dead.