Big Bend Dam with an annual production of 969 million kilowatt hours, and meets peak-hour demand for power within the Missouri River Basin. Located near Fort Thompson, South Dakota, just south of a major bend in the Missouri River (from which the dam takes its name), Big Bend Dam creates Lake Sharpe, named after South Dakota Governor Merrill Q. Sharpe. The lake extends for up the course of the Missouri River passing through Pierre, the State Capitol, to Oahe Dam, another major power-generating and flood control dam. Lake Sharpe covers a total of and drains an area just under . South Dakota Highway
Beaver Dam, Arizona to Arizona State Route 389 (which is paved) — and even at that, is connected only to the rest of the "Arizona Strip" (that part of Arizona separated from the rest of the state by the Grand Canyon), not to Arizona at large. The Virgin River Gorge is located just to the east of Beaver Dam. The Post Office is located in Beaver Dam on McKnight Boulevard. Fire Station No. 1 is located in Beaver Dam (No. 2 is located in Desert Springs, and No. 3 is located in Scenic). Beaver Dam has a large population of "snowbirds" (retirees from