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Medicine Creek Dam

Medicine Creek Dam


Statistics

General

  • Region (Map) : .................. Great Plains
  • State (Map) ........................ Nebraska
  • County ................................ Frontier
  • Project: ............... PSMBP-Frenchman-Cambridge
  • Dam type: ........................... Earthfill
  • Location: ............................. 2 mi W of Cambridge
  • Watercourse: ..................... Medicine Creek
  • Reservoir: ........................... Harry Strunk Lake
  • Construction Date: ........... 1948-1949
  • National ID Number ......... NE01073
  • Hydrologic Unit Code ....

Dimensions


Hydraulics

  • Normal Water Surface Elev: ............   2,366.1 ft
  • Hydraulic Height: .............................        86.0 ft
  • Service Spillway Type:
  •    Uncontrolled  Crest    .........................       Yes
  •    Morning-Glory ...................................         No
  •    Crest Length    ....................................       N/A
  •    Gated      ...........................................             No
  •    Capacity at Elev:  2,408.9  ft,           97,800 cfs
  • Auxiliary Spillway .................................         No
  •     Capacity at Elev.   ...........................        0 cfs
  • Outlet Works Capacity at
  •     Elevation  2,343.0 ft.,  ................          300 cfs

Hydrology

  • Drainage Area: ...............................     880 sq mi
  • Hydrometeorological Report      HMR 51 & 52
  • Flood Type: .............................    General Storm
  • Storm Duration: .....................................   72  hrs
  • Probable Maximum Flood (PMF) Report:
  •   Peak Inflow: ................................     312,600 cfs
  •   Inflow Volume: ......................    459,300 acre-ft
  •   Flow Duration: ....................................    0 days
  •   PMF Routing MWS Elev.: ............... 2,417.8 ft
  •   Initial Routing Elev: .......................... 2,366.1 ft
  •   Study Date: ....................................... July 1995


Power Generation


Narration

 


Geology

Medicine Creek Dam and Reservoir are located in the high plains area of southwestern Nebraska, where the geologic structure is rather simple.  In general, the sediments are nearly horizontal and there has been little faulting.  Over most of the area Pliestocene aeolian deposits cover the older sediments.  The bedrock formations exposed in this area are of Tertiary and Upper Cretaceous age, depending on the amount of erosion.  No igneous rocks are found near the surface in this area.


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 | Owner:  Bureau of Reclamation, Nebraska-Kansas Area Office,
                   PO Box 1607, Grand Island, NE 68802-1607, (308) 389-4622

 | Operator:  Bureau of Reclamation, Nebraska-Kansas Area Office,
                       PO Box 1607, Grand Island, NE 68802-1607, (308) 389-4622

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