Baldhill Dam

Baldhill Lake Ashtabula Dam
Location: Barnes County in North Dakota (USA) Tributaries: Sheyenne River Drain: Sheyenne River → Red River of the North
United States
Coordinates	47 ° 2 '5 "  N , 98 ° 4' 43"  W Coordinates: 47 ° 2 '5 "  N , 98 ° 4' 43"  W.
Data on the structure
Height of the barrier structure :	18 m
Crown length:	548 m
Data on the reservoir
Water surface	22 km²
Total storage space :	192.4 million m³

The dam Bald Hill ( English Bald Hill Dam ) is located in Barnes County in the US state of North Dakota . It dams the Sheyenne River to the Ashtabula Reservoir ( Lake Ashtabula in English ). The dam was completed in 1951. The town of Valley City is approximately 15 km southeast of the dam.

The United States Congress authorized the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to build a dam on the Sheyenne River in 1944. The dam went into operation in 1950 and was finally completed in 1951. It is used for water supply and flood protection.

Barrier structure

The barrier is an earth embankment dam approximately 18 m (60 ft ) high  . The length of the dam crest is 548 m (1800 ft). The weir system with the three weir fields is on the right bank. A maximum of 3,568 m³ / s (126,000 ft³ / s) can be discharged through the weir system  .

Reservoir

At the normal storage destination , the reservoir extends over an area of ​​around 22 km² (8.5  mi² ). At this dam target it holds 85.7 million m³ (69,500 acre-feet ) of water. A maximum of 192.4 million m³ (156,000 acre-feet ) can be stored in the reservoir .

Individual evidence

1. ^ History. United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), accessed August 21, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Ashtabula Lake and Bald Hill Dam. USACE, accessed August 21, 2018 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Lake Ashtabula, northeast North Dakota. findlakes.com, accessed on August 21, 2018 .