Common activities at BFR (Belle Fourche Reservoir)include boating, fishing, ice fishing, ice skating, camping, cooking out, water skiing, and fossil hunting.

The dam was the first project undertaken by the United States Bureau of Reclamation (USBR).

[1][4] In 1989, it was listed among the approximately 250 Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks.

The dam is described as "a homogeneous earthfill structure containing about 1,783,000 cubic yards (1,363,000 m3) of material.

"[4] Media related to Belle Fourche Dam at Wikimedia Commons