Orwell Dam

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Orwell Dam (National ID # MN00574) is a dam in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, about six miles southwest of Fergus Falls.

The earthen gravity dam was constructed in 1953 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, with a height of 60 feet and a length of 1355 feet at its crest.[1] It impounds the Otter Tail River for flood control, irrigation water storage, and municipal drinking water.[2] The dam is owned and operated by the St. Paul District, Mississippi Valley Division, Corps of Engineers.

The reservoir it creates, Orwell Lake, has a normal water surface of 1.3 square miles, with a maximum capacity of 20,600 acre-feet.[3] Recreation includes hunting, boating, and fishing (for walleye, northern, crappie and redhorse sucker).[4]

References[]

  1. ^ http://ce-npdp-serv2.stanford.edu/DamDirectory/DamDetail.jsp?npdp_id=MN00574
  2. ^ http://www.mvp.usace.army.mil/recreation/default.asp?pageid=146
  3. ^ http://findlakes.com/orwell_reservoir_and_dam_minnesota~mn00574.htm
  4. ^ http://www.mvp.usace.army.mil/recreation/default.asp?pageid=146

Coordinates: 46°13′03″N 96°10′44″W / 46.21760°N 96.17893°W / 46.21760; -96.17893

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