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Milk River Project - Main Page
Facilities in Operation
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Storage Dams |
3 |
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Diversion Dams |
5 |
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Canals |
200 mi |
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Laterals |
219 mi |
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Pumping Plants |
3 |
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Drains |
295 mi |
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Storage Facilities
Fresno Dam
Lake Sherburne Dam
Nelson Dikes
Diversion Facilities
Dodson Diversion Dam
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Type: |
Concrete capped timber crib weir, movable crest, embankment wings. (Concrete slab placed over crest and ogee section, 1952.) |
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Location: |
On the Milk River, 5 miles west of Dodson, Montana. |
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Year completed : |
1910 |
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Dimensions: |
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Structural height |
26 ft |
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Hydraulic height |
23 ft |
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Crest length |
8,154 ft |
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Crest elevation |
2280.0 ft |
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Volume |
87,400 yd3 |
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Spillway: |
Movable overflow crest |
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Headworks: |
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Dodson South Canal |
Concrete, eleven 4- by 5-ft slide gates |
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Capacity: |
500 cfs |
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Dodson North Canal |
Concrete, four 4-ft-square slide gates |
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Capacity: |
200 cfs |
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Vandalia Diversion Dam
Paradise Diversion Dam
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Type: |
Concrete ogee spillway and sluiceway and compacted earthfill dike |
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Location: |
On the Milk River, 4 miles southeast of Chinook, Montana. |
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Year completed : |
1966 |
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Dimensions: |
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Structural height |
20 ft |
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Hydraulic height |
14 ft |
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Crest length |
570 ft |
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Crest elevation |
2,401.5 ft |
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Spillway crest elevation |
2,350.0 ft |
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Volume |
5,000 yd3 |
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Spillway: |
Overflow crest |
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Diversion capacity |
200 cfs |
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St. Mary Diversion Dam
Swift Current Dike
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Type: |
Earth and rock, timber-crib core, nonoverflow |
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Location: |
On Swift Current Creek, 3 miles southwest of Babb, Montana. |
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Year completed : |
1915 |
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Dimensions: |
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Structural height |
13 ft |
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Hydraulic height |
13 ft |
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Crest length |
4,800 ft |
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Crest elevation |
4485-4548.0 ft |
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Volume |
98,000 yd3 |
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Spillway1 |
None |
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Headworks1 |
None |
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1 Swift Current Dike is a non-overflow earth dike requiring neither spillway nor headworks in diverting the flow of Swiftcurrent Creek, including the controlled releases from Lake Sherburne Dam, into St. Mary River above St. Mary Diversion Dam. Diversion capacity is the maximum release from Lake Sherburne Dam, including flow from Swiftcurrent Creek. |
Carriage Facilities
St. Mary Canal
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Location: |
From St. Mary Diversion Dam to the North Fork Milk River |
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Construction period: |
1907-1915 |
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Length |
29 mi |
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Capacity |
850 cfs |
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Typical section in earth |
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Bottom width |
26 ft |
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Side slopes |
2:1 |
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Water depth |
9 ft |
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Dodson North Canal
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Location: |
From Dodson Diversion Dam about 4 miles west of Dodson, Montana., generally east along Milk River |
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Construction period: |
1912-1914 |
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Length |
28 mi |
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Capacity |
200 cfs |
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Typical section in earth |
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Bottom width |
12.4 ft |
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Side slopes |
2:1 |
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Water depth |
5 ft |
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Dodson South Canal
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Location: |
From Dodson Diversion Dam about 4 mi west of Dodson, Montana., generally east along Milk River to vicinity of Malta, Montana., then northeast to Nelson Reservoir. |
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Construction period: |
1914-1915 |
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Length |
43 mi |
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Capacity |
500 cfs |
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Typical section in earth |
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Bottom width |
42 ft |
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Side slopes |
2:1 |
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Water depth |
4.8 ft |
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Nelson North Canal
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Location: |
From Nelson Reservoir north to Milk River |
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Construction period: |
1915 |
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Length |
1 mi |
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Capacity |
250 cfs |
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Typical section in earth |
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Bottom width |
40 ft |
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Side slopes |
2:1 |
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Water depth |
5.2 ft |
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Nelson South Canal
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Location: |
From Nelson Reservoir near Milk River generally southeast |
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Construction period: |
1915-1917 |
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Length |
27 mi |
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Capacity |
500 cfs |
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Typical section in earth |
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Bottom width |
18 ft |
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Side slopes |
1.5:1 |
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Water depth |
3.2 ft |
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Vandalia South Canal
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Location: |
From Vandalia Diversion Dam on Milk River near Vandalia, generally southeast to vicinity of Nashua, Montana. |
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Construction period: |
1915-1917 |
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Length |
46 mi |
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Capacity |
300 cfs |
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Typical section, concrete lined: |
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Bottom width |
5 ft |
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Side slopes |
1.5:1 |
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Water depth |
5 ft |
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Lining thickness |
6 in |
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Bowdoin Canal
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Location: |
From end of Dodson South Canal near Malta, Montana, east about 8 miles, then generally south about 5 miles. |
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Construction period: |
1915-1917 |
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Length |
18 mi |
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Capacity |
175 cfs |
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Typical section in earth |
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Bottom width |
10 ft |
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Side slopes |
2:1 |
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Water depth |
2.5 ft |
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Dodson Pump Canal
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Location: |
From Dodson North Canal upstream of Dodson, Montana, to Dodson Pumping Plant. Then to Dodson North Canal downstream of Dodson |
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Construction period: |
1946 |
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Length |
7.5 mi |
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Capacity |
30 cfs |
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Typical section in earth |
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Bottom width |
5 ft |
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Side slopes |
1.5:1 |
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Water depth |
2.8 ft |
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Pumping Plants
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Total capacity, cfs |
Total dynamic head, ft |
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