Lovewell Reservoir
| Lovewell Reservoir | |
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| Location | Jewell County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 39°53′52″N 98°03′51″W / 39.89778°N 98.06417°WCoordinates: 39°53′52″N 98°03′51″W / 39.89778°N 98.06417°W |
| Type | Reservoir |
| Primary inflows | White Rock Creek |
| Primary outflows | White Rock Creek |
| Catchment area | 358 sq mi (930 km2) |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Managing agency | U.S. Bureau of Reclamation |
| Built | January 27, 1955 |
| First flooded | October 1, 1957 |
| Max. length | 11 miles (18 km) |
| Surface area | 2,987 acres (12.09 km2) |
| Max. depth | 35 feet (11 m) |
| Water volume |
Full: 35,666 acre·ft (43,993,000 m3) Current (Nov. 2015): 30,371 acre·ft (37,462,000 m3) |
| Shore length1 | 44 miles (71 km) |
| Surface elevation |
Full: 1,583 ft (482 m) Current (Nov. 2015): 1,581 ft (482 m) |
| Settlements | Webber |
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| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Lovewell Reservoir is a reservoir in Jewell County, Kansas, United States. Built and managed by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, it is used for flood control, irrigation, and recreation.Lovewell State Park is located on its north shore.
A particularly destructive flood of the Republican River in 1935 drove congressmen and senators from Colorado, Kansas, and Nebraska to lobby for the development of a flood control and irrigation project in the river valley. Both the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation produced reports on the viability of the project, ultimately leading to the authorization of the Bostwick Division by the Flood Control Act of 1944 as part of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program.
Development of the Division was to include construction of Lovewell Dam and Reservoir, named for early Jewell County, Kansas settler Thomas Lovewell, on White Rock Creek, a tributary of the Republican. Contractors started building the dam January 27, 1955. Construction finished in 1957 with filling of the reservoir beginning October 1. The reservoir became operational October 15, 1957.
Lovewell Reservoir is located at 39°53′52″N 98°03′51″W / 39.89778°N 98.06417°W (39.8977727, -98.0640461) at an elevation of 1,578 feet (481 m). It lies in extreme north-central Kansas in the Smoky Hills region of the Great Plains. The entirety of the reservoir lies within Jewell County.
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