Evenson Dam
Evenson Dam is a dam in Lincoln, South Dakota. Evenson Dam is situated nearby to the park Ninemile Creek State Shooting Area, as well as near the reservoir Lake Alvin.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Blood Run Site and Lake Alvin.
Blood Run Site
Archaeological site
The Blood Run Site is an archaeological site on the border of the US states of Iowa and South Dakota. The site was essentially populated for 8,500 years, within which earthworks structures were built by the Oneota Culture and occupied by descendant tribes such as the Ioway, Otoe, Missouri, and shared with Quapaw and later Kansa, Osage, and Omaha people. Blood Run Site is situated 1¼ miles east of Evenson Dam.
Lake Alvin
Reservoir
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Lake Alvin is an artificial lake in Lincoln County, South Dakota between Harrisburg, South Dakota and Granite, Iowa. The lake is formed by a dam on Nine Mile Creek just before it enters the Big Sioux River, east of Harrisburg. Lake Alvin is situated 2 miles south of Evenson Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shindler and Granite.
Shindler
Hamlet
Shindler is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lincoln County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 607 at the 2020 census. Shindler is situated 2 miles west of Evenson Dam.
Granite
Hamlet
Granite is an unincorporated community in Sioux Township, Lyon County, Iowa, United States, near the historic Blood Run Site and the Gitchie Manitou State Preserve. Granite is situated 2½ miles east of Evenson Dam.
Rowena
Hamlet
Photo: AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rowena is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place in Minnehaha County, South Dakota, United States. The population of the CDP was 68 at the 2020 United States census. Rowena is situated 4½ miles northeast of Evenson Dam.
Evenson Dam
- Type: Dam
- Location: Lincoln, South Dakota, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Latitude
43.46645° or 43° 27′ 59″ northLongitude
-96.60667° or 96° 36′ 24″ westElevation
1,526 feet (465 metres)Open location code
86M5F98V+H8OpenStreetMap ID
node 357089542OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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