Angostura Dam (U.S.)
Angostura Dam is an embankment dam across the Cheyenne River in Fall River County in southwestern South Dakota in the United States, about south of Rapid City. The dam consists of an earth-fill embankment with a concrete spillway section, high and long; it withholds the Angostura Reservoir. The dam was conceived as early as 1913, but it was not until the 1930s when a regional drought caused crop failures that the project received widespread support from farmers. Built from 1946 to 1949, the dam is part of the Angostura Division of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, and is operated by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
The dam's primary purpose is to store water for the irrigation of of project lands. The service area lies along of the Cheyenne River below the dam, and is supplied by the Angostura Canal, which has a diversion capacity of. The dam and reservoir regulate runoff from an area of. The reservoir has a conservation storage capacity of, with an extra of surcharge, flood-control storage. Flood water releases are controlled by a spillway with five radial gates, which can pass up to.
Angostura Reservoir is one of the only large lakes in western South Dakota. With of shoreline and of water, the reservoir is stocked with several species of fish, including walleye, smallmouth bass and crappie.
The Angostura Recreation Area operated by the South Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and Parks surrounds the lake.
