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Tuttle Creek Lake is a reservoir on the Big Blue River 5 miles (8 km) north of Manhattan, in the Flint Hills region of northeast Kansas.It was built and is operated by the Army Corps of Engineers for the primary purpose of flood control.
Shortly before intersecting with the Kansas River, the Big Blue discharges its waters into a reservoir called Tuttle Creek Lake, which lies slightly northeast of Manhattan. The reservoir is a man-made flood-control measure, held back by a dam composed of the limestone , silt , and gypsum dredged out of the floodplain by bulldozers left to rust ...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Friday will enact its drought protocol. That means less water will be released to the Kansas River.
A half-leaf interchange with K-18 (Tuttle Creek Blvd. and Ft. Riley Blvd.) and officially ends at the intersection with U.S. Route 24 in Manhattan. K-18 is a major connector in Manhattan. It begins about 18 miles (29 km) east of Manhattan, at K-99 .
All rivers with average discharge more than 15,000 cubic feet per second are listed. Estimates are approximate, because data are variable with time period measured and also because many rivers lack a gauging station near their point of outflow.
The first two miles (3.2 km) traverse Tuttle Creek State Park, and crosses the Tuttle Creek Lake dam. K-13 was first designated as a state highway in 1927, and at that time ran from US-77 in De Graff northward to Manhattan. By 1932, K-13 was realigned to intersect US-77 further south in El Dorado.
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John Redmond Reservoir is a reservoir on the Neosho River in eastern Kansas. [1] Built and managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, it is used for flood control, recreation, water supply, and wildlife management. [5]