Catalog Record
Swanson Lake and Trenton Dam Water Operations Monitoring Data from Missouri Basin and Arkansas-Rio Grande-Texas-Gulf (MB-ART) Water Operations Monitoring Data
Interior Region 5 & 6: Missouri Basin & Arkansas-Rio Grande-Texas-Gulf Water Operations Monitoring Data for Swanson Lake and Trenton Dam
Generation Effort
Missouri Basin and Arkansas-Rio Grande-Texas-Gulf Water Operations Monitoring
Location
Swanson Lake and Trenton Dam
Themes
Water
Reclamation Project
Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program
Reclamation Program
Location Information
Location Name
Swanson Lake and Trenton Dam
Location Description
Trenton Dam, on the Republican River near Trenton, Nebraska, is an earthfill structure with a structural height of 144 feet. The spillway is at the left abutment. Two gated sluiceways permit river releases. A concrete conduit through the base of the dam near the right abutment provides for releases through a stilling basin to the Upper Meeker Canal to serve lands of the Meeker-Driftwood Unit. These lands are located along the south side of the Republican River from the dam to a point about 8 miles east of McCook. Regulation of releases through the conduit is by a 4-foot-square high-pressure gate at the control house adjacent to the stilling basin. The reservoir behind the dam is called Swanson Lake.
Location Parent
State(s)
Nebraska
Unified Region(s)
Missouri Basin
Timezone
CT
Elevation
2,793 ft
Vertical Datum
NGVD29
Coordinates (lat, long)
(40.17, -101.06)
Horizontal Datum
WGS84
