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Garrison Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Missouri River in central North Dakota, U.S. Constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from 1947 to 1953, at over two miles (3.2 km) in length, the dam is the fifth-largest earthen dam in the world. [4]
Lake Sakakawea, Garrison Dam, and other dams and reservoirs of the Pick–Sloan Project, and affected Indian reservations. The reservoir was created by construction of Garrison Dam, part of a flood control and hydroelectric power generation project named the Pick–Sloan Project along the Missouri river. Garrison dam was completed in 1956.
The Garrison Dam began releasing a record of 152,000 cubic feet (4,300 m 3) of water per second on June 1, 2011—more than twice the previous record release in 1997. The Corps was criticized for not releasing the water earlier.
Americans wondering whether a nearby dam could be dangerous can look up the condition and hazard ratings of tens of thousands of dams nationwide using an online database run by the federal government.
The claim is false: Flooding in North Carolina was caused by rainfall, not by an intentional release dam. The video included in the post was shot by ABC affiliate WSOC and depicts floodwater being ...
Gardiner Dam [6] Canada: 1967 65.4 64 9.4 186 TE 8 Oroville Dam United States: 1968 59.6 230 4.36 819 TE/ER 9 San Luis Dam (BF Sisk Dam) United States: 1967 59.6 93 2.52 424 TE 10 Nurek Dam Tajikistan: 1980 54 300 10.5 3,200 TE 11 Samara Dam Russia: 1955 54 [4] 52 57.3 2,315 TE or ER 12 Garrison Dam [2] United States: 1954 50.8 64 29 583.3 TE ...
Oahe Dam release gates discharging floodwater at a record 160,000 cubic feet/second in June, 2011. Excessive precipitation in the spring, along with melting snow from the Rocky Mountains forced the dam to open the release gates (not the spillway), releasing 110,000 cu ft/s (3,115 m 3 /s) in June with another 50,000 cu ft/s (1,416 m 3 /s ...
Time was quickly running out for a pair of young mountain lion siblings trapped inside the dry spillway of a dam in southwest Colorado, photos and videos show. An observant dam tender noticed the ...