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Bowman-Haley Dam is an embankment
dam A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also provide water for activities such as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use ...
located in
Bowman County, North Dakota Bowman County is a county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,993. Its county seat is Bowman. History The legislature of the Dakota Territory designated Bowman (named for Edward M. Bowman, a member o ...
, in the southwestern part of the state. The dam is just over 2 miles north of the
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border. The earthen dam was constructed in 1970 by the
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to impound the North Fork of the Grand River for flood control, fish and wildlife preservation, recreation, and municipal and industrial water supply. The dam is owned and operated by the Corps of Engineers, with a height of 79 feet and a length of 5730 at its crest. The reservoir it creates, Bowman-Haley Lake, has a water surface of 2.7 square miles and a maximum capacity of 171,838
acre-feet The acre-foot is a non- SI unit of volume equal to about commonly used in the United States in reference to large-scale water resources, such as reservoirs, aqueducts, canals, sewer flow capacity, irrigation water, and river flows. An acre-f ...
, although its normal storage level of 19,780 acre-feet is much smaller.


See also

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List of dams in the Missouri River watershed This is a list of dams in the watershed of the Missouri River, a tributary of the Mississippi River, in the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a c ...
* List of dams and reservoirs in North Dakota * Shadehill Dam *
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