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Cooney Dam

Cooney Dam

Dam in Montana, United States

Cooney Dam (National Inventory of Dams ID MT00001) is a dam in Carbon County, Montana, that creates Cooney Reservoir.

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The earthen dam was constructed in 1937 by the State of Montana, with a height of 97 feet (30 m), and a length of 2,260 feet (690 m) at its crest.[3] It impounds Red Lodge Creek for irrigation water storage. The dam is owned and operated by the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation.

The reservoir it creates, Cooney Reservoir, has a normal water surface of 1.3 square miles (3.4 km2), a maximum storage capacity of 24,195 acre-feet (29,844,000 m3), and a normal capacity of 14,000 acre-feet (17,000,000 m3).[4] Recreation includes boating, camping, hiking, and fishing for walleye and rainbow trout.[5] The state maintains the adjacent Cooney State Park.[6]

References

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    "Cooney Reservoir". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
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    "Cooney Dam Fact Sheet" (PDF). Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
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    "Cooney". National Performance of Dams Program, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Stanford University. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved October 16, 2012.
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    "Cooney, southcentral Montana". FindLakes. Retrieved October 16, 2012.
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    "Cooney Reservoir". Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
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    "Cooney, MT". Reserve America. Retrieved October 16, 2012.
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