Belle Fourche Reservoir/Belle Fourche Dam/Orman Dam
- Lake name:
- Belle Fourche Reservoir/Belle Fourche Dam/Orman Dam
- Location:
- South Dakota
- HydroLAKE ID:
- 8945
- GRanD ID:
- 868
- Latitude:
- 44.7340889
- Longitude:
- -103.7051357
- Surface area (km2):
- 28.9
- Basin type:
- reservoir
- Dam completion date:
- 1910
- Primary emergent vegetation:
- smartweed
- Management agency:
- United States Bureau of Reclamation (BOR); Belle Fourche Irrigation District; South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Lake use:
- irrigation
- Region associations:
- Rocky Point State Recreation Area, Belle Fourche NWR
- Comments:
- Smartweed is the primary aquatic vegetation but it is restricted to the shallow bay and inlet waters. Belle Fourche dam is considered the largest earthen dam in the world and is designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. The reservoir is very popular with boating recreation.
Summary of Surveys (1)
Survey Citation:
South Dakota Ornithologists' Union https://research.dsu.edu/sdousbor/default.aspx
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Time period
2 July 2011 -
Source
Database -
Both Western and Clarks?
N
| Count Type | Range | Max | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max Adults | 1 to 100 | presence | 2011 |
| Most Recent Adults | 1 to 100 | presence | 2011 |
| Max Nests | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Most Recent Nests | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Max Chicks | 1 to 100 | presence | 2011 |
| Most Recent Chicks | 1 to 100 | presence | 2011 |
Comments:
Chicks observed but no numbers. Observer was SDBBA 2015.
Sources of Information
- Messager, M. L., B. Lehner, G. Grill, I. Nedeva, and O. Schmitt. 2016. Estimating the volume and age of water stored in global lakes using a geo-statistical approach. Nature Communications 7:13603. Data is available at www.hydrosheds.org.; Lehner, B., C. Reidy Liermann, C. Revenga, C. Vorosmarty, B. Fekete, P. Crouzet, P. Doll, M. Endejan, K. Frenken, J. Magome, C. Nilsson, J.C. Robertson, R. Rodel, N. Sindorf, and D. Wisser. 2011. Global Reservoir and Dam Database, Version 1 (GRanDv1): Dams, Revision 01. Palisades, New York: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC).
- Lehner, B., C. Reidy Liermann, C. Revenga, C. Vorosmarty, B. Fekete, P. Crouzet, P. Doll, M. Endejan, K. Frenken, J. Magome, C. Nilsson, J.C. Robertson, R. Rodel, N. Sindorf, and D. Wisser. 2011. Global Reservoir and Dam Database, Version 1 (GRanDv1): Dams, Revision 01. Palisades, New York: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC).
- Belle Fourche Reservoir Fisheries
- Rocky Point Recreation Area
- Belle Fourche Dam
- Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
- Belle Fourche Reservoir Fisheries Information
- Explore Important Bird Areas (IBA) Interactive Map