Cheney Reservoir

General data

Name: Cheney Reservoir
Water system: Mississippi River
Water type: Artificial lake
Progression: North Fork Ninnescah River -> Ninnescah River -> Arkansas River -> Mississippi River -> Gulf of Mexico -> Atlantic Ocean -> Planet Earth
Climates: Temperate
Continents: North America
Countries: United States of America

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. In terms of capacity, the Bureau of Reclamation vertically divides the reservoir into a set of pools based on volume and water level, and it considers the reservoir full when filled to the capacity of its active conservation pool. When full, Cheney Reservoir has a surface area of 38.6 km2, a surface elevation of 433 m, and a volume of 206,083,000 m3. When filled to maximum capacity, it has an approximate surface area of 110 km2, a surface elevation of 443 m, and a volume of 862,547,000 m3.

Cheney Reservoir

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