Medicine Creek Dam (National ID # NE01073) is a dam in Frontier County, Nebraska.
| Medicine Creek Dam | |
| Location Map: | Nebraska#USA |
| Coordinates: | 40.379°N -100.2188°W |
| Location: | Frontier County, Nebraska |
| Status: | O |
| Construction Began: | 1948 |
| Opening: | 1949 |
| Builder: | United States Bureau of Reclamation |
| Owner: | United States Bureau of Reclamation |
| Operator: | United States Bureau of Reclamation |
| Dam Crosses: | Medicine Creek |
| Dam Height: | 165feet |
| Dam Length: | 5665feet |
| Res Name: | Harry Strunk Lake |
| Res Capacity Total: | 35705acre ft |
| Res Surface: | 1850acres |
| Res Elevation: | 721m (2,365feet) |
The earthen and rockfill dam was constructed in 1948 and 1949 by the United States Bureau of Reclamation. It is high, and long at its crest.[1] It impounds Medicine Creek for flood control, part of the Frenchman-Cambridge Division of the Bureau's extensive Pick–Sloan Missouri Basin Program.[2] The dam is owned and operated by the Bureau.
The reservoir it creates, Harry Strunk Lake, has a water surface of, a land area of, approximately of shoreline, and a capacity of .[3] It was named for the founding editor of the local McCook Daily Gazette.
Recreation includes fishing (for walleye, crappie, white bass, channel catfish, etc.), hunting, boating, camping and hiking. The state of Nebraska maintains the surrounding Medicine Creek State Wildlife Recreation Area, Medicine Creek Reservoir State Recreation Area, and Medicine Creek State Recreation Area.[4]