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Lovewell Reservoir is a reservoir in Jewell County, Kansas, United States.〔 Built and managed by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, it is used for flood control, irrigation, and recreation.〔 Lovewell State Park is located on its north shore.〔 ==History== A particularly destructive flood of the Republican River in 1935 drove congressmen and senators from Colorado, Kansas, and Nebraska to lobby for the development of a flood control and irrigation project in the river valley. Both the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation produced reports on the viability of the project, ultimately leading to the authorization of the Bostwick Division by the Flood Control Act of 1944 as part of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program. Development of the Division was to include construction of Lovewell Dam and Reservoir, named for early Jewell County, Kansas settler Thomas Lovewell, on White Rock Creek, a tributary of the Republican.〔 Contractors started building the dam January 27, 1955. Construction finished in 1957 with filling of the reservoir beginning October 1. The reservoir became operational October 15, 1957.〔 ==Geography== Lovewell Reservoir is located at (39.8977727, -98.0640461) at an elevation of .〔 It lies in extreme north-central Kansas in the Smoky Hills region of the Great Plains.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Kansas Department of Transportation )〕 The entirety of the reservoir lies within Jewell County. The reservoir is impounded at its eastern end by Lovewell Dam. The dam is located at (39.8902899, -98.0267115) at an elevation of . White Rock Creek, a tributary of the Republican River, is both the reservoir's primary inflow from the west and outflow to the east. Smaller tributaries include Montana Creek, which flows south into the reservoir's west end, and Johns Creek, which flows north into the reservoir's west end.〔 Kansas Highway 14 runs north-south immediately west of the reservoir.〔 North Shore Road, a paved county road, runs east-west immediately north of the reservoir.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Google Maps )〕 There is one settlement at Lovewell Reservoir: the small community of Webber, Kansas located roughly north of the reservoir's east 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「Lovewell Reservoir」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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