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Enders Dam
Enders Dam (National ID # NE01070) is a dam in Chase County, Nebraska, near the southwestern corner of the state. The earthen dam was constructed between 1947 and 1951 by the United States Bureau of Reclamation. It is high and long at its crest. It impounds Frenchman Creek (Republican River), Frenchman Creek for irrigation storage and flood control, part of the Bureau's Frenchman-Cambridge Division of the extensive Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program. The dam is owned and operated by the Bureau. The reservoir it creates, Enders Reservoir, has a water surface area of at its maximum capacity of . The adjoining Enders Reservoir State Recreation Area is a popular location for fishing, hunting and other outdoor recreation activities. Flows in the Frenchman, and associated releases from Enders Reservoir, have declined over the years. The primary cause is believed to be the lowering of water table levels due to groundwater irrigation in the Frenchman Basin. This has reduced the fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chase County, Nebraska
Chase County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 3,966. Its county seat is Imperial. In the Nebraska license plate system, Chase County is represented by the prefix 72 (it had the 72nd-most vehicles registered in the state when the license plate system was established in 1922). History Chase County was named after Champion S. Chase, who served as mayor of Omaha for seven years and was Nebraska's first Attorney General. Chase County was separated from Hayes County by the Nebraska legislature on February 27, 1873, although the county was not organized until 1886. It was once said that, excluding ranch owners, their wives, and their cooks, at the time Chase County was organized it was populated entirely by cowboys. Part of the reason for such a statement may have been the fact that at one time Frenchman Creek and its main branch the Stinking Water Creek were used as watering stops for cattle drives that traveled fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
