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Dams the South Fork Flathead River. Creating the Hungry Horse reservoir. This reservoir is the fourth largest by area in Montana with an area of 1,640 square miles (4,200 square kilometers).
The dam stands at a height of 564 feet (172m). At the time of its completion it was both the fourth tallest and fourth largest concrete dam in the United States. Now it's the tenth tallest concrete dam.
The dam shares its name with the nearby community of Hungry Horse, which exists because of the construction of the dam. The Hungry Horse moniker comes from a story of two horses named Tex and Terry. In 1900 these horses wound up lost in snow that went up to their stomachs. When they were found a month later they were starving and had to be brought back to health before returning to civilization.
Published
April 30, 2026
