Red Willow Dam (National ID # NE01076) is a dam in Frontier County, Nebraska, about ten miles northwest of McCook.

Red Willow Dam
Red Willow Dam is located in Nebraska
Red Willow Dam
Location of Red Willow Dam in Nebraska
Red Willow Dam is located in the United States
Red Willow Dam
Red Willow Dam (the United States)
CountryUnited States
LocationFrontier County, Nebraska
Coordinates40°21′31″N 100°40′02″W / 40.35863°N 100.66725°W / 40.35863; -100.66725
StatusOperationa
Construction began1960
Opening date1962
Designed byUnited States Bureau of Reclamation
Dam and spillways
Height126 ft (38 m)
Reservoir
CreatesHugh Butler Lake
Total capacity86,630 acre⋅ft (106,860,000 m3)
Surface area1,629 acres (659 ha)
Normal elevation2,510 ft (765 m)[1]

The earthen dam was constructed from 1960 to 1962 by the United States Bureau of Reclamation, with a height of 126 feet (38 m).[2] It impounds Willow Creek for flood control, part of the Frenchman-Cambridge Division of the Bureau's extensive Pick–Sloan Missouri Basin Program. The dam is owned and operated by the Bureau.

The reservoir it creates, Hugh Butler Lake, has a water surface of 1,629 acres (659 ha), 4,461 acres (1,805 ha) of land, about 35 miles (56 km) of shoreline, and a maximum water capacity of 86,630 acre-feet (106,860,000 m3).[3] Recreation includes fishing (for walleye, crappie, white bass, channel catfish, and wipers, etc.), hunting, boating, camping and hiking.[4] The shore borders Nebraska's Red Willow Reservoir State Recreation Area.

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Red Willow Dam
  2. ^ "Dam details - Red Willow Dam - Bureau of Reclamation". Archived from the original on 2012-09-25. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
  3. ^ "Hugh Butler Lake (Red Willow Reservoir State Recreation Area), Nebraska".
  4. ^ "Project details - Frenchman-Cambridge Division - Bureau of Reclamation". Archived from the original on 2012-09-25. Retrieved 2012-08-01.