A Doubtful River: Stampede Reservoir

Stampede Reservoir. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation built this reservoir in 1970. It impounds up to 226,500 acre-feet of water and is primarily used to store water for Pyramid Lake and for flood control. [Taken from the book, A Doubtful River, by Robert Dawson, Peter Goin, Mary Webb.(Reno: University of Nevada Press, 2000).]
Photograph courtesy of Peter Goin.