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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.〔 ==History== 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.〔 ==Geography== Cheney Reservoir is located at (37.7597113, -97.8350121) at an elevation of .〔 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.〔 The reservoir is impounded at its southeastern end by Cheney Dam (National ID # KS00017). The dam is located at (37.7252898, -97.7975511) at an elevation of . The middle portion of Cheney Dam lies in the northwest corner of Sedgwick County, its southwestern end lies in Kingman County, and its northeastern end lies in Reno County.〔〔〔 The North Fork Ninnescah River is both the reservoir's primary inflow from the northwest and its outflow to the southeast.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Kansas Department of Transportation )〕 Kansas Highway 251, which runs north-south, connects the reservoir to U.S. Route 54 to the south and the community of Cheney to the south. Below the dam, the highway becomes a paved county road and turns northeast, running parallel to the dam then finally turning east. 21st Street North, another paved county road, runs east-west immediately south of the dam.〔 There are two settlements at Cheney Reservoir, both unincorporated: Mount Vernon, located west of the dam, and St. Joe, located east of the reservoir's southeastern end.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cheney Reservoir」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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