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Cheney Reservoir is a reservoir on the North Fork Ninnescah River in Reno, Kingman, and Sedgwick counties of Kansas in the United States. [5] Built and managed by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for local water supply, it is also used for flood control and recreation.
The Ninnescah River is a river in the central Great Plains of North America. Its entire 56.4-mile (90.8 km) length lies within the U.S. state of Kansas . It is a tributary of the Arkansas River .
River Cubic feet per second flow Location of monitoring station Missouri River: ... Little Arkansas River: 315: Valley Center: Caney River: 288: Near Elgin: Chikaskia ...
The North Fork Ninnescah River originates in south-central Kansas in the Arkansas River Lowlands. [3] Its source lies in extreme south-central Stafford County approximately 11.5 miles (18.5 km) south of St. John, Kansas. [2] [4] From there, it flows generally northeast before turning to the southeast near Plevna, Kansas.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 398 square miles (1,030 km 2), of which 393 square miles (1,020 km 2) is land and 4.9 square miles (13 km 2) (1.2%) is water. [5] It is the third-smallest county in Kansas by land area and second-smallest by total area.
The river flows for approximately 359 miles (578 km) [2] from central Nebraska into Kansas, until its confluence with the Kansas River at Manhattan. It was given its name by the Kansa tribe of Native Americans, who lived at its mouth from 1780 to 1830, and who called it the Great Blue Earth River .
The Flood Control Act of 1950 authorized the building of Council Grove Dam and Lake, named after the nearby community of Council Grove, Kansas. [5] The effects of the Great Flood of 1951 further demonstrated the need for the project, and the Tulsa District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began construction in June 1960.
Clinton Lake is the source of water for over 100,000 people in northeastern Kansas, making it the most relied on reservoir in the state. The lake also serves as a popular recreational area with four parks managed by the Army Corps of Engineers, and one park managed by the city of Lawrence. [ 6 ]