Bull Lake Dam

Bull Lake Dam (National ID # WY01378) is a dam in Fremont County, Wyoming.

The earthen dam was constructed between 1936 and 1938 by the United States Bureau of Reclamation with a height of 81 feet.^[1] It impounds Bull Lake Creek for irrigation storage and flood control, as part of the Riverton Unit of the extensive, multi-state Pick–Sloan Missouri Basin Program. The dam is owned by the Bureau and is operated by the local Midvale Irrigation District.^[2]

The reservoir it creates, Bull Lake Reservoir (so named because the reservoir expanded an existing smaller natural lake) has a capacity of 151,737 acre-feet. Recreation includes fishing.^[3]

Bull Lake gave its name to Bull Lake glaciation, the name of a glacial period in North America that is part of the Quaternary Ice Age.

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^ http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Project.jsp?proj_Name=Riverton%20Unit
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-11. Retrieved 2012-08-01. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ http://findlakes.com/bull_lake_1_wyoming_vacation.htm

43°12′43″N 109°02′36″W / 43.21201°N 109.04332°W / 43.21201; -109.04332

[1] ttp://www.usbr.gov/projects/Project.jsp?proj_Name=Riverton%20Unit

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-11. Retrieved 2012-08-01. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] ttp://findlakes.com/bull_lake_1_wyoming_vacation.htm

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