Big Bend Dam
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| Opened | July 1963 |
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| Dam volume | 17,000,000 cu yd (12,997,433 m3) |
| Locations | Buffalo |
| Lyman | |
| South Dakota | |
| Spillway capacity | 270,000 cfs at 1,423 feet msl |
| Spillways | 8 - 40-foot x 38-foot tainter gates |
| Maximum water depth | 78 ft (24 m) |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1216907 |
About Big Bend Dam
Big Bend Dam is a major embankment rolled-earth dam on the Missouri River in Central South Dakota, United States, creating Lake Sharpe. The dam was constructed by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers as part of the Pick-Sloan Plan for Missouri watershed development authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1944.
