Heart Butte Dam

Heart Butte Dam
Heart Butte, namesake of Heart Butte Dam
Location of Heart Butte Dam in North Dakota
Location	Grant County, North Dakota, United States.
Coordinates	46°35′49″N 101°48′39″W
Construction began	1948; 77 years ago (1948)
Opening date	1949; 76 years ago (1949)
Operator(s)	United States Bureau of Reclamation
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Embankment earth fill
Impounds	Heart River
Height	142 feet (43 m)
Length	1,850 feet (560 m)
Dam volume	1,140,000 cubic yards (870,000 m^3)
Spillways	1 Morning-glory type
Spillway capacity	5,700 cfs at 1,644.4 feet msl pool elevation
Reservoir
Creates	Lake Tschida
Total capacity	223,646 acre-feet (0.275863 km^3)[1]
Surface area	3,397 acres (1,375 ha)[1] (max)
Maximum water depth	57 feet (17 m)[2]
Normal elevation	2,070 feet (630 m)[2]
Website Heart Butte Dam - U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

Heart Butte Dam is a dam in Grant County of southwestern North Dakota. The dam was a project of the United States Bureau of Reclamation completed in 1949, primarily for irrigation and flood control. The earthen dam is 142 feet (43 m) in height and impounds the Heart River.

Lake Tschida is the reservoir created by the dam, with about 3,400 acres (1,400 ha) of water surface, about 55 miles of shoreline, and with a capacity of over 214,000 acre-feet (264,000,000 m³) of water. The name Tschida comes from the first mayor of Glen Ullin, North Dakota, the Vienna-born Michael Tschida Sr., elected in 1906 and a strong proponent of the dam project.^[3][4] The Heart Butte Reservoir State Game Management Area stands on the southern shore of the lake. As the only sizable body of water in the area, it is popular for recreational fishing, camping, boating, and other activities.^[5]

See also

• List of dams and reservoirs in North Dakota
• List of dams in the Missouri River watershed

References

1. "Summary of Engineering Data – Missouri River Main Stem System" (PDF). Missouri River Division. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. August 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lake Tschida
3. "City of Glen Ullin".
4. http://www.usbr.gov/gp/dkao/hb_rmp_draft07.pdf^{[permanent dead link‍] [bare URL PDF]}
5. http://www.laketschida.com/information.htm^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

• Heart Butte Dam - USBR
• Lake Tschida Info
• Lake Tschida visitors page