Willow Creek Dam (Montana) Explained

Willow Creek Dam
Location Map:Montana#USA
Coordinates:47.5467°N -112.4308°W
Country:United States
Location:Lewis and Clark County, Montana
Purpose:irrigation & flood control
Status:Operational
Construction Began:1907
Opening:1911
Builder:United States Bureau of Reclamation
Dam Crosses:Willow Creek
Dam Height:93feet
Dam Length:650feet
Res Name:Willow Creek Reservoir
Res Capacity Total:32400acre feet
Res Surface:1530acres
Res Elevation:1265m (4,150feet)

Willow Creek Dam is a dam in Lewis and Clark County, Montana.

The earthen dam was originally constructed between 1907 and 1911 by the United States Bureau of Reclamation, then modified and reinforced several times since. With a height of and long at its crest, it impounds Willow Creek for irrigation storage and flood control, part of the Bureau's larger Sun River Project.[1] The dam is owned and operated by the Bureau.

The reservoir it creates, Willow Creek Reservoir, has a water surface of, another of surrounding land, about of shoreline, and a maximum capacity of .[2] Recreation includes fishing (for rainbow trout and kokanee salmon), camping, hunting, boating, and hiking.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Project details - Sun River Project - Bureau of Reclamation . 2012-08-20 . 2012-09-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120925121731/http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Project.jsp?proj_Name=Sun%20River%20Project . dead .
  2. Web site: Willow Creek Reservoir - Montana.