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Tuttle Creek Lake is a reservoir on the Big Blue River 5 miles (8 km) north of Manhattan, in the Flint Hills region of northeast Kansas. It was built and is operated ...
Shortly before intersecting with the Kansas River, the Big Blue discharges its waters into a reservoir called Tuttle Creek Lake, which lies slightly northeast of Manhattan. The reservoir is a man-made flood-control measure, held back by a dam composed of the limestone , silt , and gypsum dredged out of the floodplain by bulldozers left to rust ...
English: Tuttle Creek Lake "Tubes" releasing estimated 30,000 cubic feet per second (850 m 3 /s) with the Kansas River at almost 19 feet (5.8 m), May 31, 2019. Date 31 May 2019, 17:42:27
Waconda Lake, also known as Glen Elder Reservoir, is a reservoir in Mitchell County and Osborne County, Kansas, United States. [1] [5] Built and managed by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for flood control and irrigation, it is also used for recreation.
John Redmond Reservoir is a reservoir on the Neosho River in eastern Kansas. [1] Built and managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, it is used for flood control, recreation, water supply, and wildlife management. [5]
The Humboldt Fault Zone, just off the Ridge, lies just 12 miles (19 km) east of the Tuttle Creek Reservoir near Manhattan. An earthquake there would likely destroy the dam, releasing 300,000 feet (91,440 m) of water per second and flooding the nearby area, which would threaten roughly 13,000 people and 5,900 homes.
The 2019 festival was moved to Topeka, initially due to potential flood conditions at Tuttle Creek Lake. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Organizers announced the move would be permanent on June 20, 2019. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Organizers also announced the name of the festival was changed to Heartland Stampede in advance of the 2020 festival.
Riley County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas.Its county seat and largest city is Manhattan. [3] As of the 2020 census, the population was 71,959. [1] The county was named after Bennet Riley, the 7th governor of California, and a Mexican–American War hero.