Sumner Dam
Sumner Dam is a dam on the Pecos River in De Baca County in eastern New Mexico. The dam was built by the United States Bureau of Reclamation between 1935 and 1939, a project governed by the Bureau in conjunction with the local Carlsbad Irrigation District.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in De Baca County, New Mexico, United States of America
- Also known as: “Alamogordo Dam”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sumner Lake State Park.
Sumner Lake State Park
Protected area
Sumner Lake State Park is a state park in De Baca County, New Mexico, United States, located on the eastern plains about 8 miles northwest of Fort Sumner.
Sumner Dam
- Location: De Baca, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
34.60706° or 34° 36′ 25″ northLongitude
-104.38959° or 104° 23′ 23″ westElevation
4,259 feet (1,298 metres)Inception
1939Operator
United States Bureau of ReclamationOpen location code
856QJJ46+R5OpenStreetMap ID
way 783403213OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Japanese—“Sumner Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sumner Dam (alihan sa tubig sa Estados Unidos)”
- Cebuano: “Sumner Dam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد سمنر”
- Italian: “diga di Sumner”
- Japanese: “サムナーダム”
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Nearby Places
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