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Federal Dams/Reservoirs<br />

Within <strong>the</strong> State of Kansas <strong>the</strong>re are 33 dams that are maintained and operated by <strong>the</strong> federal<br />

government. Seven of <strong>the</strong>se are maintained and operated by <strong>the</strong> Bureau of Reclamation, seven<br />

are maintained and operated by <strong>the</strong> U.S. Army, two are maintained and operated by <strong>the</strong> U.S.<br />

Fish & Wildlife Service, and <strong>the</strong> remaining seventeen are maintained and operated by <strong>the</strong> U.S.<br />

Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Of <strong>the</strong>se seventeen, <strong>the</strong> Kansas City District Office<br />

maintains nine of <strong>the</strong>m.<br />

Table 3.20<br />

Federal Reservoirs in Region L<br />

MT<br />

Planning<br />

Region<br />

Contributing<br />

Drainage<br />

Area (Sq.<br />

Est.<br />

Storage<br />

Capacity<br />

(acre<br />

feet)<br />

Reservoir County<br />

Year<br />

Storage<br />

Began<br />

Operating<br />

Agency*<br />

River<br />

Basin miles)<br />

Surface<br />

Area<br />

(acres)<br />

L Merritt Lake Leavenworth 1/1/1942 US ARMY NR NR 19<br />

L Smith Lake Leavenworth 1/1/1942 US ARMY NR NR 9<br />

L<br />

Sunflower<br />

Pond B<br />

Dam Johnson 1/1/1943 US ARMY NR NR 36<br />

Of particular interest for Region L are <strong>the</strong> Dams/Reservoirs in adjacent states. As evidenced<br />

during <strong>the</strong> 2011 Missouri River flooding, <strong>the</strong> dams upstream can play a huge role in what<br />

happens downstream, when releases exceed capacity.<br />

Nebraska: T<strong>here</strong> are nine high hazard dams in sou<strong>the</strong>rn Nebraska Counties that border<br />

Kansas as follows:<br />

• Harlan county-Harlan County Dam<br />

• Thayer County-Hebron Dam<br />

• Gage County-Little Indian Creek 15A Dam, Upper Big Nemaha 25C Dam, Mud Creek 2A<br />

Dam, and Big Indian Creek 14B Dam.<br />

• Richardson County-Long Branch 21 Dam<br />

Missouri:<br />

Levees<br />

Levees are earth embankments constructed along rivers and coastlines to protect adjacent<br />

lands from flooding. Floodwalls are concrete structures, often components of levee systems,<br />

designed for urban areas w<strong>here</strong> <strong>the</strong>re is insufficient room for ear<strong>the</strong>n levees. Levees are<br />

usually engineered to withstand a flood with a computed risk of occurrence. When a larger<br />

flood occurs and/or levees and floodwalls and <strong>the</strong>ir appurtenant structures are stressed beyond<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir capabilities to withstand floods, levee failure can result in loss of life and injuries as well as<br />

damages to property, <strong>the</strong> environment, and <strong>the</strong> economy. In Kansas, <strong>the</strong>re are hundreds of<br />

levees ranging in size from small agricultural levees that were constructed primarily to protect<br />

farmland from high frequency flooding to large urban levees that were constructed to protect<br />

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