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A view of the upper course of the Belle Fourche River in Devils Tower National Monument Course and watershed of the Belle Fourche River. The Belle Fourche River (pronounced bel FOOSH; Lakota: Šahíyela Wakpá [1]) is a tributary of the Cheyenne River, approximately 290 miles (470 km) long, in the U.S. states of Wyoming and South Dakota. [2]
The Belle Fourche Dam, also known as Orman Dam, is a dam on Owl Creek in Butte County, South Dakota, USA, approximately eight miles east of Belle Fourche, South Dakota, along U.S. Route 212. Its construction created the Belle Fourche Reservoir , the Belle Fourche National Wildlife Refuge, and the Rocky Point Recreation Area.
Keyhole Reservoir, an impoundment of the Belle Fourche River, was formed by the Keyhole Dam project of the United States Bureau of Reclamation, completed in 1952.The reservoir has a total capacity of 334,200 acre-feet and water surface of 13,700 acres, which provides storage for irrigation, flood control, fish and wildlife conservation, recreation, sediment control, and municipal and ...
North Fork Moreau River; South Fork Moreau River; Cheyenne River. Battle Creek. Iron Creek. Toll Gate Creek; French Creek; Fall River; Rapid Creek. Castle Creek; Belle Fourche River. Owl Creek; Redwater River; Spearfish Creek; Cherry Creek; Bad River; American Creek; White River. Wounded Knee Creek; Little White River; Niobrara River (Nebraska ...
Bear River (Great Salt Lake) Belle Fourche River; Big Goose Creek (near Sheridan); Big Sandy River; Bighorn River; Blacks Fork; Cheyenne River; Chugwater Creek; Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River
Belle Fourche River Bridge: April 30, 1986 (#86000923) August 1, 1996: NE of Belle Fourche of US 212: Belle Fourche vicinity: Rural Butte and Meade Counties MRA 2:
Belle Fourche River at South Dakota border 56 3,101 ft 945 m 2 6,700 ft 2040 m 12 10,709 ft 3264 m Outlying islands: Navassa Island high point [91] 57 280 ft 85 m Navassa Island in the Caribbean Sea and other islands in the Pacific Ocean: 3
Belle Fourche, French for "beautiful fork", [9] was named by French explorers from New France, referring to the confluence of what is now known as the Belle Fourche and Redwater Rivers and the Hay Creek. Beaver trappers worked these rivers until the mid-19th century, and Belle Fourche became a well known fur-trading rendezvous point.