List of dams and reservoirs in Arkansas facts for kids
Arkansas is a state with many beautiful lakes and rivers. To help manage water, create electricity, and prevent floods, people build special structures called dams. A dam is a big wall built across a river to hold back water, forming a reservoir (which is like a big, artificial lake). These reservoirs store water for drinking, farming, and even for fun activities like boating and fishing!
The United States has a way to define what makes a dam 'major'. A dam is considered major if it's at least 50 feet (15 m) tall and can hold a lot of water – enough to fill about 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m3)! Or, it can be any height if it holds an extremely large amount of water, like 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m3). These big dams are super important for managing water resources in Arkansas.
Dams and Reservoirs in Arkansas
Here is a list of some of the important dams and reservoirs you can find in Arkansas:
- Lake Atalanta Dam, Lake Atalanta, located in the City of Rogers, Arkansas
- Beaver Dam, which creates Beaver Lake, managed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers
- Blakely Mountain Dam, forming Lake Ouachita, also managed by the USACE
- Blue Mountain Dam, creating Blue Mountain Lake, managed by the USACE
- Bull Shoals Dam, which forms Bull Shoals Lake, managed by the USACE
- Carpenter Dam, creating Lake Hamilton, managed by Entergy
- Lake Conway Dam, forming Lake Conway, managed by the Arkansas Fish and Game Commission
- Dardanelle Lock and Dam, on Lake Dardanelle, managed by the USACE
- DeGray Dam, creating DeGray Lake, managed by the USACE
- DeQueen Dam, forming DeQueen Lake, managed by the USACE
- Dierks Dam, creating Dierks Lake, managed by the USACE
- Lake Fayetteville Dam, on Lake Fayetteville, located in the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas
- Felsenthal Lock and Dam, forming Lake Jack Lee, managed by the USACE
- Lake Fort Smith Dam, on Lake Fort Smith, located in the City of Fort Smith, Arkansas
- Galla Creek Dam, creating Galla Creek Lake, located in the City of Atkins, Arkansas
- Lake Georgia Pacific Dam, on Lake Georgia Pacific, managed by Georgia-Pacific
- Gillham Dam, forming Gillham Lake, managed by the USACE
- Greers Ferry Dam, creating Greers Ferry Lake, managed by the USACE
- Little Flint Creek Dam, on Lake Flint Creek, managed by Southwestern Electric Power Company
- Millwood Dam, forming Millwood Lake, managed by the USACE
- Narrows Dam, creating Lake Greeson, managed by the USACE
- Nimrod Dam, forming Nimrod Lake, managed by the USACE
- Norfork Dam, creating Norfork Dam, managed by the USACE
- Arthur V. Ormond Lock and Dam, on Winthrop Rockefeller Lake, managed by the USACE
- Remmel Dam, creating Lake Catherine, managed by Entergy
- Seven Devils Dam, on Seven Devils Lake, managed by the Arkansas Fish and Game Commission
- Wilbur D. Mills Dam, on an unnamed reservoir on the Arkansas River, managed by the USACE
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