Oahe Dam the Rocky Mountains forced the dam to open the release gates (not the spillway), releasing in June with another through the power plant totaling . The previous release record was in 1997. Oahe Dam The Oahe Dam is a large earthen dam on the Missouri River, just north of Pierre, South Dakota, United States. The dam creates Lake Oahe, the fourth largest man-made reservoir in the United States. The reservoir stretches up the course of the Missouri to Bismarck, North Dakota. The dam's power plant provides electricity for much of the north-central United States. It is named for the Oahe
Norris Dam State Park the Tennessee Valley Authority in the early 1930s. The Clinch River flows southwestward for from its source in southwestern Virginia to its mouth along the Tennessee River near Kingston. Norris Dam is located just over upstream from the mouth of the Clinch, near the Anderson-Campbell county line. Cove Creek, which flows down from its source in the Cumberland Mountains roughly to the northwest, empties into the Clinch approximately north of Norris Dam. The Powell River, which also rises in southwestern Virginia, empties into the Clinch approximately upstream from Norris Dam. Norris Lake spans a stretch of the Clinch from the