Cheney Reservoir
| Cheney Reservoir | |
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| Location |
Sedgwick / Kingman / Reno counties in Kansas |
| Coordinates | 37°45′35″N 97°50′06″W / 37.75972°N 97.83500°WCoordinates: 37°45′35″N 97°50′06″W / 37.75972°N 97.83500°W |
| Type | Reservoir |
| Primary inflows | North Fork Ninnescah River |
| Primary outflows | North Fork Ninnescah River |
| Catchment area | 1,036 sq mi (2,680 km2) |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Managing agency | U.S. Bureau of Reclamation |
| Built | 1962 |
| First flooded | November 1964 |
| Surface area | 9,550 acres (38.6 km2) |
| Max. depth | 42 feet (13 m) |
| Water volume |
Full: 167,074 acre·ft (206,083,000 m3) Current (Nov. 2015): 156,432 acre·ft (192,956,000 m3) |
| Shore length1 | 67 miles (108 km) |
| Surface elevation |
Full: 1,422 ft (433 m) Current (Nov. 2015): 1,421 ft (433 m) |
| Settlements | Mount Vernon, St. Joe, Cheney, Pretty Prairie |
| References | |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Cheney Reservoir is a reservoir on the North Fork Ninnescah River in Reno, Kingman, and Sedgwick counties of Kansas in the United States. Built and managed by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for local water supply, it is also used for flood control and recreation. Cheney State Park is located on its shore.
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, and later the Arkansas-Red-White Basin Interagency Committee established in 1950, conducted studies on the Ninnescah River basin as part of an investigation of the broader Arkansas River basin. The investigation resulted in a water-use and control plan including the construction of reservoirs and the use of available water as a regulated supply for the city of Wichita, Kansas. Wichita needed an additional water supply to supplement its existing supply wells. The water of the Arkansas River was of poor quality and too polluted to use, leaving the Ninnescah as the next closest potential source. The Bureau of Reclamation issued a report in 1957, and the U.S. Congress authorized the construction of Cheney Dam and Reservoir in 1960.
Construction began in 1962 and finished in 1965. Storage of water in the reservoir began with the closure of the river outlet works in November 1964, and delivery of water to the city of Wichita began in the summer of 1965. Conservation storage of water increased until the reservoir was filled in October 1968.
Cheney Reservoir is located at 37°45′35″N 97°50′06″W / 37.75972°N 97.83500°W (37.7597113, -97.8350121) at an elevation of 1,421 feet (433 m). It lies in south-central Kansas in the Wellington Lowlands region of the Great Plains. Most of the reservoir lies in Reno County though its southwestern portion extends into Kingman County, and a small portion along the dam lies within Sedgwick County. The junction of the three counties' borders lies in the reservoir.
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