Yellowtail Dam
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| Height | 16000 (cm) |
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| Opened | December 1967 |
| Create | Bighorn Lake |
| Spillway capacity | 92,000 cu ft/s (2,600 m3/s) |
| Owners | United States Bureau of Reclamation |
| Spillways | 1 main + outlet works |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 3032412 |
About 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.