Medicine Creek Dam (National ID # NE01073) is a dam in

Frontier County, Nebraska Frontier County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 2,756. Its county seat is Stockville. In the Nebraska license plate system, Frontier County is represented by the prefix 60 (it ...

The earthen and rockfill dam was constructed in 1948 and 1949 by the

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. It is high, and long at its crest. It impounds Medicine Creek for flood control, part of the Frenchman-Cambridge Division of the Bureau's extensive

Pick–Sloan Missouri Basin Program The Pick–Sloan Missouri Basin Program, formerly called the Missouri River Basin Project, was initially authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1944, which approved the plan for the conservation, control, and use of water resources in the ...

. The dam is owned and operated by the Bureau. The reservoir it creates, Harry Strunk Lake, has a water surface of , a land area of , approximately of shoreline, and a capacity of . It was named for the founding editor of the local

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. Recreation includes fishing (for walleye, crappie, white bass, channel catfish, etc.), hunting, boating, camping and hiking. The state of Nebraska maintains the surrounding Medicine Creek State Wildlife Recreation Area, Medicine Creek Reservoir State Recreation Area, and Medicine Creek State Recreation Area.

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