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Fort Peck Lake, or Lake Fort Peck, is a major reservoir in Montana, formed by the Fort Peck Dam on the Missouri River. The lake lies in the eastern prairie region of Montana approximately 140 miles (230 km) east of Great Falls and 120 miles (190 km) north of Billings , reaching into portions of six counties.
Flathead Lake: Montana: 18,788,243 acre⋅ft (23.2 km 3) 371 ft (113 m) Remnant of Glacial Lake Missoula 17: Fort Peck Lake: Montana: 18,700,000 acre⋅ft (23.1 km 3) 220 ft (67 m) man-made 18: Lake Chelan: Washington: 15,800,000 acre⋅ft (19.5 km 3) 1,486 ft (453 m) 19: Lake of the Woods: Ontario - Minnesota - Manitoba: 15,700,000 acre⋅ft ...
Fort Peck Reservoir, the fifth-largest man-made reservoir in the United States (by volume), backs up 134 miles (216 km) along the Missouri River. The reservoir is managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and water levels in the lake are not part of the refuge's management plan. [47]
Fort Peck Lake: Fort Peck Dam: Missouri River United States: 1930: 23.1: 47: La-Grande 4 Reservoir: La Grande-4 generating station: La Grande River Canada: 1984: 19.5: 48: Kakhovka Reservoir: Kakhovka Dam: Dnieper River Ukraine: 1956: 0 (Previously 18.2) 49: Sanmenxia Reservoir: Sanmenxia Dam: Yellow River People's Republic of China: 1962: 16.2 ...
Signs indicate that a boat ramp is closed due to low water levels in Lake Mead near Las Vegas, Nevada, on June 10, 2021, where the water level has fallen to its lowest since the reservoir was ...
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Due to sedimentation and other factors that affect a reservoir's storage capacity over time, some data listed might not accurately reflect actual current conditions in certain reservoirs. For example, Lake Mead – the largest reservoir in the U.S. – could store more than 32.4 million acre-feet (40.1 km 3 ) when first filled, but sediment ...
Fort Peck Dam spillway construction. Gate piers No. 3-9 completed. Pouring No. 10. Fort Peck, Montana. Fort Peck was a major project of the Public Works Administration, part of the New Deal. Construction of Fort Peck Dam started in 1933, and at its peak in July 1936 employed 10,546 workers.