Oahe Powerhouse

The Oahe Dam is a large earthen dam on the Missouri River, just north of Pierre, South Dakota, United States. Begun in 1948 and opened in 1962, the dam creates Lake Oahe, the fourth-largest man-made reservoir in the United States.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pierre.

Pierre

Photo: Tony Webster, CC BY 2.0.

Pierre is the capital city of the U.S. state of South Dakota and the county seat of Hughes County. As of the 2020 census, its population was 14,091. Pierre is the eleventh-most populous city of South Dakota, and the second-least populous U.S. state capital.

Oahe Powerhouse

Type: Power station
Categories: building and industry
Location: Hughes, South Dakota, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.45033° or 44° 27′ 1″ north

Longitude

-100.38743° or 100° 23′ 15″ west

Inception

April 1962

Operator

USACE-Omaha

Open location code

85PXFJ27+42

OpenStreetMap ID

way 40155447

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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Satellite Map

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