Fort Randall Dam

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Fort Randall Dam is a large U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hydroelectric and flood-control dam on the Missouri River in South Dakota, forming Lake Francis Case.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Fort Randall Dam canonical 9
Fort Randall Dam recreation area 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army Corps of Engineers project ⓘ
flood control structure ⓘ
gravity dam ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
basinCountry United States of America ⓘ
constructionEndDate 1956 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1946 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
downstreamFrom Big Bend Dam ⓘ
formsReservoir Lake Francis Case ⓘ
hasCrosses Missouri River ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
height approximately 165 feet ⓘ
approximately 50 meters ⓘ
installedCapacity approximately 320 megawatts ⓘ
length approximately 10,700 feet ⓘ
approximately 3,200 meters ⓘ
locatedIn Gregory County, South Dakota ⓘ
South Dakota ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear Pickstown, South Dakota ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Missouri River ⓘ
managedBy USACE Omaha District ⓘ
namedAfter Fort Randall ⓘ
nearbyCity Lake Andes, South Dakota ⓘ
Wagner, South Dakota ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 8 ⓘ
openingDate 1956 ⓘ
operator United States Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
ownedBy United States federal government ⓘ
partOf Missouri River Mainstem System ⓘ
linked to: Missouri River
partOfProject Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program ⓘ
powerPlantType conventional hydroelectric power plant ⓘ
primaryConstructionMaterial earth-fill ⓘ
rolled earth embankment ⓘ
provides fish and wildlife habitat ⓘ
shoreline recreation areas ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation support ⓘ
navigation support ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
regulates Missouri River flow ⓘ
reservoirCapacity approximately 5,700,000 acre-feet ⓘ
reservoirName Lake Francis Case ⓘ
reservoirSurfaceArea approximately 102,000 acres ⓘ
spillwayType gated overflow spillway ⓘ
upstreamFrom Gavins Point Dam ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Missouri River Basin → hasMajorDam → Fort Randall Dam ⓘ
Lake Francis Case → createdBy → Fort Randall Dam ⓘ
Lake Francis Case → locatedNear → Fort Randall Dam ⓘ
Lake Francis Case → impoundedBy → Fort Randall Dam ⓘ
Big Bend Dam → upstreamFrom → Fort Randall Dam ⓘ
Pickstown, South Dakota → near → Fort Randall Dam ⓘ
Pickstown, South Dakota → knownFor → Fort Randall Dam recreation area ⓘ
linked to: Fort Randall Dam
Pickstown, South Dakota → hasNearbyAttraction → Fort Randall Dam recreation area ⓘ
linked to: Fort Randall Dam