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This is a list of dams in the watershed of the Missouri River, a tributary of the Mississippi River, in the United States. There are an estimated 17,200 dams and reservoirs in the basin, most of which are small, local irrigation structures.
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Missouri. 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 ).
Articles pertaining to dams in operation, under construction or planning on the Missouri River in the United States. Pages in category "Dams on the Missouri River" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
On December 14, 2005, a catastrophic failure in the upper reservoir dam put the plant out of operation until it was rebuilt, recertified, and reopened on April 21, 2010. [10] The new upper reservoir dam, rebuilt from the ground up, is the largest roller-compacted concrete dam in North America. [11]
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources reports that the state has nine pumped-storage hydroelectricity facilities and 20 conventional hydroelectric plants; the latter include the Bagnell Dam on the Osage River, which has a capacity of 176 MW, [14] and the Table Rock Dam on the White River, close to Branson. [15]
Pages in category "Dams in Missouri" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
HAER No. MO-50, "Upper Mississippi River Nine-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam Nos. 24-27, Clarksville, Pike County, MO", 125 data pages HAER documentation of individual locks and dams: HAER No. MN-21, " Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 3, Red Wing, Goodhue County, MN ", 98 photos, 11 data pages, 7 photo caption pages
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.