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    Pactola Dam is an embankment dam on Rapid Creek in Pennington County, South Dakota, about 10 miles (16 km) west of Rapid City. The dam was completed in...
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    on the south side of the dam. Facilities include campgrounds, hiking trails, picnic areas, cliffs, and a beach. Pactola Dam was built in 1952 by federal...
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  • Oahe Dam, Lake Oahe, USACE (extends into North Dakota) Oglala Dam, Oglala Lake, Oglala Sioux Tribe Pactola Dam, Pactola Lake, USBR Shadehill Dam, Shadehill...
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    Colorado Ortega Dam, offstream storage, California Owyhee Dam, Owyhee River, Oregon Pactola Dam, Rapid Creek, South Dakota Palisades Dam, Snake River, Idaho...
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    Railroad until its abandonment a few years before the construction of Pactola Dam. Today, the town is a resort area with a campground and cabins for rental...
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  • 2006 Pactola Reservoir Reallocation Authorization Act of 2005 An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to reallocate costs of the Pactola Dam and...
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    States. It was created in 1891 when Theodore Reder built a dam (the Sylvan Lake Water Dam) across Sunday Gulch Creek. The lake area offers picnic places...
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    fire lookout tower and the staircase leading to it, as well as a nearby dam and pumphouse, were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in...
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    Corps built miles of roads, laid out parks and campgrounds, and built three dams that set up a future of water recreation at the park. In 1964 an additional...
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    Forest) Black Elk (Wilderness) Buffalo Gap (National Grassland) Lakes Sylvan Pactola Scenic byways Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway Spearfish Canyon Historic sites...
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    aquifers associated with the creek, owning significant water rights in Pactola Reservoir located some 15 miles (24 km) west of the city, but does also...
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  • Lake 396 160 6 1.8 Brookings Opitz Lake 1,564 632 16 4.8 Day, Marshall Pactola Lake 800 323.7 162 49.4 Pennington Largest lake in the Black Hills, constructed...
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