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  • Gavins Point Dam Road Closed November 6

    Crest Road, the road that crosses the Gavins Point Dam near Yankton, S.D., will be closed from 8:00 a.m. through 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 6, 2014. The public is asked to plan on an alternate route of travel during this time.

  • Lewis and Clark Visitor Center to close temporarily, open through winter

    The Lewis and Clark Visitor Center at Gavins Point Dam near Yankton, SD will be closed from Monday, October 27 through Wednesday, November 12 for installation of new carpet. It will be open on November 13 and remain open through the winter.

  • Omaha District commander signs Chatfield Reservoir Water Storage Agreement

    Omaha District Commander Col. Joel R. Cross, signed the Water Storage Agreement for the Chatfield Water Reallocation Project in Lakewood, Colo., today. The agreement will be between the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, Colorado Water Conservation Board and Department of the Army. Upon execution, storage from the flood control purpose will be reallocated to joint flood control-conservation purposes in the Chatfield Reservoir under the authority of - Section 808 (Water Resources Development Act of 1986); River and Harbor Act of 1958.

  • Gavins Point Dam Road Closed October 6, 2014

    Crest Road, the road that crosses the Gavins Point Dam near Yankton, S.D., will be closed from 8:00 a.m. through 3:30 p.m. on Monday, October 6, 2014. The public is asked to plan on an alternate route of travel during this time.

  • Assistant Secretary of the Army approves water reallocation agreement for Colorado

    The Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, Jo-Ellen Darcy, approved the water reallocation agreement for the Chatfield Water Reallocation Project in Lakewood, Colorado, in a memo sent to the Omaha District on September 30. Signature authority for the agreement was delegated to Omaha District Commander Col.Joel R. Cross.

  • Holmes Lake pool levels rise

    Heavy rains recently caused pool rises at Holmes Lake (Salt Creek Dam #17). The reservoir is not currently expected to reach its record pool elevation of 1250.0 feet, which occurred on July 24, 1993. Pool elevation forecasts could change depending on future rainfall. The flood control pool begins at 1242.4 feet at which point the reservoir begins making releases over a weir. Current releases are around 80 cubic feet per second. The pool elevation is slowly dropping and will continue to fall as inflows recede and releases over the weir continue.

  • Gavins Point Dam Road Closed October 3, 2014

    Crest Road, the road that crosses the Gavins Point Dam near Yankton, S.D., will be closed from 8:00 a.m. through 3:30 p.m. on Friday, October 3, 2014. The public is asked to plan on an alternate route of travel during this time.

  • U. S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to study existing Sediment Flushing Project to reduce uncertainty in the Lewis and Clark Lake Sediment Study

    The Omaha District is evaluating sediment flushing at Gavins Point Dam in Phase II of its Lewis and Clark Lake Sediment Management Study as part of the Missouri River Recovery Program. Phase II of the study began in late 2012 and the initial numerical modeling analysis of 10 different management scenarios ranging from annual flushing to major dam modifications and dredging is complete. To help ensure the modeling results are as accurate as possible, USACE is expanding the study and building a numerical model of the annual reservoir flush that occurs on the Niobrara River at Spencer Dam, near Spencer, Neb.

  • Gavins Point Dam Road Closed September 22-26, 2014

    Crest Road, the road that crosses the Gavins Point Dam near Yankton, S.D., will be closed 8 a.m. Monday, September 22 through 3:30 p.m. Friday, September 26. This closure will include nighttime hours. The public is asked to plan on an alternate route of travel during this time.

  • Crest road will be closed Monday

    Crest road will be closed Monday, Sept. 15 at 8 a.m. through Tuesday, Sept. 16 at 3:30 p.m. Plan an alternate route.