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Arrowrock Reservoir: 300,850 0.37109 0 USBR 1915 Blackfoot Dam: Blackfoot River: Earthfill 55 17 Blackfoot Reservoir: 417,000 0.514 0 Idaho Bureau of Indian Affairs 1911 Bliss Dam: Snake River: Concrete gravity 70 21 Bliss Reservoir: 11,000 0.014 75 Idaho Power 1950 Brownlee Dam† Snake River: Earthfill 420 130 Brownlee Reservoir: 1,426,700 1. ...
Jul. 27—Sites Reservoir, a proposed water storage facility 10 miles west of Maxwell, received another monetary boost Thursday with the announcement that it is part of a $152 million investment ...
The reservoir it creates, Blackfoot Reservoir, has a water surface of 18,000 acres (7,300 ha), and a maximum capacity of 413,000 acre-feet (509,000,000 m 3). [3] Blackfoot Dam impounds the river at the northwestern end of the reservoir; the China Hat Dam towards the southwest of the reservoir was constructed in 1923 to resolve seepage problems ...
Provides supplemental water supply to more than 1 million acres (4000 km²) of land. The reservoir has a storage capacity of 210,000 acre-feet (260,000,000 m 3). The reservoir, Lake Walcott, is named after a Bureau of Reclamation engineer. The reservoir extends 26 miles (42 km) up the Snake River and has a shoreline of 80 miles (130 km).
The dam was constructed as the principal feature of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Palisades Project. The Palisades Project supplements the storage and power generation facilities of the earlier Minidoka and Michaud Flats projects, which serve irrigation interest in Idaho on the Snake River Plain, saving about 1,350,000 acre-feet (1.67 km 3) through the winter for use in the growing season.
Instead, the Idaho Department of Water Resources has come to rely on a flawed deal negotiated in 2016 and reinterpreted in 2022 , seen as a be-all-end-all solution for water issues in the eastern ...
The canal moves water from the Henrys Fork into the Teton River. [1] American Falls Dam. American Falls Reservoir on the main branch of the Snake River, is the largest reservoir in the Minidoka Project, impounded by American Falls Dam. The original dam was built between 1925 and 1927, and was replaced between 1976 and 1978.
The Upper Embankment is the largest of a set of four dikes here impounding the water of the Boise River in offstream storage. The other dams are: The other dams are: Deer Flat Middle Dike (ID #ID00277), completed 1911, 18 feet (5.5 m) high, 1,262 feet (385 m) long