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  2. List of dams and reservoirs in Nebraska - Wikipedia

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    Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Nebraska. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3 ), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3 ).

  3. Merritt Dam - Wikipedia

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    Merritt Dam is a dam in Cherry County, Nebraska, southwest of Valentine, in the north-central part of the state. The 126-foot (38 m) earthen dam impounds the Snake River as it flows along the southern edge of the Samuel R. McKelvie National Forest in the Sandhills .

  4. Virginia Smith Dam - Wikipedia

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    Virginia Smith Dam (also known as Calamus Dam; National ID # NE02287) is a dam in Garfield County, Nebraska, about five miles northwest of Burwell. The earthen dam was constructed in 1985 by the United States Bureau of Reclamation with a height of 96 feet (29 m) and 5,808 feet (1,770 m) long at its crest. [ 1 ]

  5. Samuel R. McKelvie National Forest - Wikipedia

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    The forest has a small campground. Immediately to the south and east of the national forest is Merritt Reservoir, a dam on the Snake River. The reservoir is stocked with sport fish; it is considered one of the better fishing destinations in Nebraska. Merritt Reservoir is managed by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.

  6. Davis Creek Dam - Wikipedia

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    Davis Creek Dam (National ID # NE82901) is a dam located at the county line between Greeley County and Valley County, in the middle part of the state of Nebraska. The earthen dam was completed in 1991 by the United States Bureau of Reclamation with a height of 153 feet (47 m) and 2,900 feet (880 m) long at its crest. [ 1 ]

  7. Niobrara River - Wikipedia

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    The dam was built in 1927 and was operated by the Nebraska Public Power District. It includes two Westinghouse generators, with a combined capacity of 3,000 kW. [14] In a 2015 agreement with Nebraska local and state government entities, NPPD agreed to decommission the dam in 2017. [15] The dam was breached by flooding caused by a March 2019 ...

  8. Gavins Point Dam - Wikipedia

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    Gavins Point Dam is a 1.9-mile-long (3 km) embankment rolled-earth and chalk-fill dam which spans the Missouri River and impounds Lewis and Clark Lake. The dam joins Cedar County, Nebraska with Yankton County, South Dakota a distance of 811.1 river miles (1,305 km) upstream of St. Louis, Missouri , where the river joins the Mississippi River .

  9. Category:Dams in Nebraska - Wikipedia

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    This category is for articles about dams in the U.S. state of Nebraska. Pages in category "Dams in Nebraska" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 ...