Fort Randall Dam
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Fort Randall Dam is a 2.03-mile-long earthen dam which spans the Missouri River and impounds Lake Francis Case, the 11th-largest reservoir in the U.S. The dam joins Gregory and Charles Mix counties, S
Fort Randall Dam and Power Plant, with Lake Francis Case in the background
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Gavins Point Dam
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Gavins Point Dam is a 1.9-mile-long embankment rolled-earth and chalk-fill dam which spans the Missouri River and impounds Lewis and Clark Lake. The dam joins Cedar County, Nebraska with Yankton Count
Fort Randall Dam
…Fort Randall Dam is one of six Missouri River mainstem dams; the next dam upstream is Big Bend Dam, near Ft. Thompson, and the next dam downstream is Gavins Point Dam, near Yankton. A significant birding site, the Fort Randall Eagle Roost, is located near the dam. The Eagle Roost was listed as a National Natural…
Gavins Point Dam on the Missouri River, impounding Lewis and Clark Lake.
Tom Brokaw greeting the 20,000th visitor to the dam in 1958. Brokaw was once a tour guide at the dam.
The dam releasing a record 150,000 cubic feet per second (4,200 m3/s) of water on June 14, 2011 as a result of the 2011 Missouri River Floods. The release was more than twice the previous record set in 1997.
Aerial photo of Gavins Point Dam and Lewis and Clark Lake, looking north.