South Fork Dam is a dam in Elko County, Nevada, in the northeastern part of the state, about fifteen miles south of the town of Elko.
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The earthen dam was completed in 1988 by the Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, with a height of 72 feet and 1650 feet long at its crest.[1] It impounds South Fork Humboldt River for flood control and recreation.
The reservoir it creates, South Fork Reservoir, has a water surface of 1,650 acres (670 ha) surrounded by 2,200 acres (890 ha) of marsh, meadowland, and hills. The normal elevation is 5,210 feet (1,588 m).[2] Recreation is primarily fishing, for rainbow and brown trout, cutt-bow trout, smallmouth and largemouth black bass, wiper hybrid bass and channel catfish.[3] Facilities include a 25-site campground at the adjacent South Fork State Recreation Area.
References
edit- ^ "Archived copy". ce-npdp-serv2.stanford.edu. Archived from the original on 11 December 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: South Fork Dam (Nevada)
- ^ "South Fork State Recreation Area | State Parks".