Orwell Dam

For the lake in the South Orkney Islands, see Orwell Lake.

Dam in Otter Tail County, Minnesota

Orwell Dam

Country| United States
Location| Otter Tail County, Minnesota
Status| Operational
Opening date| 1953
Designed by| United States Army Corps of Engineers,
location of Fergus Falls, Minnesota and Orwell Dam

Orwell Dam (National ID # MN00574) is a dam in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, about six miles southwest of Fergus Falls.

The earthen gravity dam was constructed in 1953 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, with a height of 60 feet and a length of 1355 feet at its crest.[1] It impounds the Otter Tail River for flood control, irrigation water storage, and municipal drinking water.[2] The dam is owned and operated by the St. Paul District, Mississippi Valley Division, Corps of Engineers.

The reservoir it creates, Orwell Lake, has a normal water surface of 1.3 square miles, with a maximum capacity of 20,600 acre-feet.[3] Recreation includes hunting, boating, and fishing (for walleye, northern, crappie and redhorse sucker).[4]

## References

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1. ^ http://ce-npdp-serv2.stanford.edu/DamDirectory/DamDetail.jsp?npdp_id=MN00574 [dead link]
2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2012-09-14.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. ^ "Orwell Reservoir and Dam". findlakes.com. Archived from the original on 2011-10-18.
4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2012-09-14.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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