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Arcadia Diversion Dam
Arcadia Diversion Dam is on the Middle Loup River about 8.5 miles upstream from Arcadia, Nebraska. The project is part of the Farwell Unit, Middle Loup Division of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program. The area is managed by the Nebraska Game & Parks Commission, 402-471-0641, for a wildlife management area. The site includes 777 land acres and 109 water acres and is home to pheasant, waterfowl, deer, dove, and squirrel.
The diversion dam is located 3.5 miles south of Comstock on county road in Custer County, Nebraska and is 88 miles from Grand Island. From Grand Island, NE to Comstock, take NE 2 which becomes U.S. 183. Stay on U.S. 183 and turn right onto NE 21C spur.
308-336-3341
Loup Basin Reclamation District P.O. Box 137 Farwell, NE 68838
Camping Fishing Hunting Picnicking Wildlife Viewing
BOR - Bureau of Reclamation
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