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Place Name
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Tuttle Creek Lake
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Place Status (Type)
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creek
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Location
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Marshall County, Kansas (KS), United States, North America
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Latitude
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39°12'N
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Longitude
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96°32'W
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Tuttle Creek Lake
, c.30 mi/48 km long,
Marshall co. and on Riley-Pottawatomie co. border, NE Kansas, on Big
Blue R., 5 mi/8 km N of Manhattan; 39°12'N
96°32'W. Max. storage capacity 2,346,000 acre-ft. Receives Black
Vermillion R. at N end. Formed by Tuttle Creek Dam
(150 ft/46 m high), built (1962) for flood
control, irrigation, and water supply. Tuttle Creek State Park on
shore.
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