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It states that the Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources administers the reservoir water surface and reservoir lands upstream from the dam, and that Colorado operates the fish hatchery and manages surrounding lands for wildlife resources.", "rights": "facts_only", "source": {"url": "https://www.usbr.gov/projects/index.php?id=497", "name": "US Bureau of Reclamation screened government project narrative", "origin": "live", "checksum": "80772e6f06aa371637f7040dc301637f0e4c07b133140128a91a44145a554ce5", "observed_at": "2026-10-04T21:02:55.064464+00:00", "revision_id": "114f4b49-fe12-4467-aef8-06afbfc2e4f6", "published_at": null}, "locator": "/html/body/div/div[4]/div/div[2]/div[3]/div[6]/p[4]", "claim_id": "aade3aa7-025d-4d4c-ac19-f7864bda3592", "modality": "reported", "confidence": 0.9, "valid_from": null, "attribution": "USBR own attributedagencyproject/historytext", "evidence_id": "b7dc4370-58b3-4813-84dd-9d2d7f233b98", "valid_until": null, "assertion_id": "140e54c6-2851-4964-9c43-97084b229107", "temporal_expression": "", "extraction_confidence": 0.9}}, "origin": "snapshot", "revision": 1, "timeline": [], "is_sample": false, "project_id": "c07a0b8d-2a41-4238-8a5f-040a12f64f1f", "publication": {"local_only": false, "reviewed_at": "2026-10-16T14:21:26.516529+00:00", "indexability": "noindex", "buying_window": "unknown", "policy_version": "accepted-destination-v1", "template_version": "dossier-v1"}, "public_summary": "Armel Unit, formerly called the St. Francis Unit, is in eastern Colorado on the South Fork of the Republican River. 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The dam is described as a modified homogeneous earthfill structure 158 feet above its foundation, with 8,853,000 cubic yards of embankment material. Its works include an uncontrolled, concrete-lined spillway chute in the left abutment; a sluiceway below the spillway crest, partly controlled by a 16.5-by-10.75-foot fixed-wheel gate; and outlet works with a 56-inch steel pipe, a 40-inch branch installed for future use, and a 32-inch branch across the downstream face. The stated maximum spillway capacity is 73,300 cubic feet per second; the sluiceway was designed to discharge 10,000 cubic feet per second at elevation 3710.0 feet. A Hale Ditch outlet pipe is integral to the outlet works. Reservoir capacity is stated as 170,160 acre-feet below the spillway crest at elevation 3710.0 feet. Bonny Dam construction began December 8, 1948, and was completed May 4, 1951.", "statement": "The unit's principal physical works are Bonny Dam and Reservoir. 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