Orwell Dam
Orwell Dam (National ID # MN00574) is a dam in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, about six miles southwest of Fergus Falls.
location of Fergus Falls, Minnesota and Orwell Dam
- for the lake in the South Orkney Islands, see Orwell Lake
The earthen gravity dam was constructed in 1953 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, with a height of 60 feet and a length of 1355 feet at its crest.[1] It impounds the Otter Tail River for flood control, irrigation water storage, and municipal drinking water.[2] The dam is owned and operated by the St. Paul District, Mississippi Valley Division, Corps of Engineers.
The reservoir it creates, Orwell Lake, has a normal water surface of 1.3 square miles, with a maximum capacity of 20,600 acre-feet.[3] Recreation includes hunting, boating, and fishing (for walleye, northern, crappie and redhorse sucker).[4]
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