Fresno Dam

Fresno Dam

Fresno Dam
Country United States
Location Hill County, Montana
Coordinates 48°36′05″N 109°56′40″W / 48.60139°N 109.94444°W / 48.60139; -109.94444Coordinates: 48°36′05″N 109°56′40″W / 48.60139°N 109.94444°W / 48.60139; -109.94444
Construction began 1937
Opening date 1939
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Earthfill
Impounds Milk River
Height 110 ft (34 m)
Length 2,070 ft (630 m)
Elevation at crest 2,596 ft (791 m)
Width (crest) 22 ft (6.7 m)
Width (base) 726 ft (221 m)
Dam volume 2,105,000 cu yd (1,609,000 m3)
Spillway type Uncontrolled over-the-crest
Spillway capacity 51,360 cu ft/s (1,454 m3/s)
Reservoir
Creates Fresno Reservoir
Total capacity 129,062 acre·ft (159,196,000 m3)
Surface area 7,388 acres (2,990 ha)

Fresno Dam is a dam on the Milk River, a tributary of the Missouri River, upstream of Havre, Montana. The dam is part of the Milk River Project, owned by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. It serves mainly to provide irrigation water and some of its capacity is also reserved for flood control. The dam was built between 1937 and 1939, and raised and overhauled in 1943 and 1951.[1]

References

  1. "Fresno Dam". Milk River Project. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. 2010-08-10. Retrieved 2011-10-28.


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