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The dam impounds the Pipestem River to create the Pipestem Reservoir, also known as Pipestem Lake. Construction of the dam began in June 1971, and was completed in 1973. The dam is located 4 mi (6 km) north of Jamestown, North Dakota. The dam measures approximately 4,000 feet in length, with a maximum height of 107.5 feet from the stream bed to ...
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in North Dakota. 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 ).
The Pipestem River is a short river in east-central North Dakota. The river is also referred to as "Pipestem Creek". [1] It flows briefly from Wells County into reservoir formed by Pipestem Dam north-northwest of Jamestown, North Dakota, and thence into the James River, the confluence being on the southwest side of the city. [2
As of Wednesday, April 20, Jamestown Reservoir was 3 feet into the flood storage at 1,434 feet above mean sea level, said Bob Martin, Pipestem dam manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The James River, a Missouri River tributary, in Jamestown. Jamestown is located at the confluence of the James River and Pipestem Creek.According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 13.356 square miles (34.59 km 2), of which 13.296 square miles (34.44 km 2) is land and 0.060 square miles (0.16 km 2) is water.
The Jamestown Dam [2] is a rolled-earth dam spanning the James River in Stutsman County in the U.S. state of North Dakota, serving the primary purpose of flood control. It is north of the city of Jamestown, North Dakota. [3] Built from April 1952 to September 1953, the dam measures 1,418 feet (432 m) long at the crest and 85 feet (26 m) high.
Aug. 11—JAMESTOWN — Releases at Pipestem Reservoir were reduced to 500 cubic feet per second this week, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Releases at Pipestem were reduced from ...
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