Yellowtail Dam

Yellowtail Dam is a dam across the Bighorn River in south central Montana in the United States. The mid-1960s era concrete arch dam serves to regulate the flow of the Bighorn for irrigation purposes and to generate hydroelectric power. The dam and its reservoir, Bighorn Lake, are owned by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
  • Location: Big Horn County, Montana
  • Country: United States
  • Construction began: 1961
  • Opening date: 1967
  • Construction cost: $110 million
  • Owner(s): U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
  • Type of dam: Concrete arch-gravity
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