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Dworshak Dam is a concrete gravity dam in the western United States, on the North Fork of the Clearwater River in north central Idaho. In Clearwater County , the dam is located approximately four miles (6 km) northwest of Orofino and impounds the Dworshak Reservoir for flood control and hydroelectricity generation.
Anderson Ranch Reservoir: 503,500 0.6211 40 USBR 1950 Black Canyon Diversion Dam: Payette River: Concrete gravity 183 56 Black Canyon Reservoir: 31,200 0.0385 10 USBR 1924 Arrowrock Dam: Boise River: Concrete arch 350 110 Arrowrock Reservoir: 300,850 0.37109 0 USBR 1915 Blackfoot Dam: Blackfoot River: Earthfill 55 17 Blackfoot Reservoir ...
Built in conjunction with the Dworshak Dam by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during the early 1970s, this bridge provides local access over the flooded river, now Dworshak Reservoir. [6] It replaced a smaller bridge which crossed the river prior to the flooding by the reservoir. [ 7 ]
The Dworshak Reservoir is the only major lake on the Clearwater system, created from the Dworshak Dam, completed in the early 1970s. Dworshak Dam is on the North Fork of the Clearwater River and is just northwest of Orofino. There is no fish ladder; the dam blocks salmon and steelhead passage.
Dworshak State Park is a public recreation area covering 850 acres (340 ha) along the western shore of Dworshak Reservoir north of Orofino in Clearwater County, Idaho, United States. The state park comprises three units: Freeman Creek, Three Meadows Group Camp, and Big Eddy Lodge and Marina. There are opportunities for boating, fishing, camping ...
Some four miles (6 km) north is the Dworshak Dam, third-highest dam in the United States, completed in the early 1970s. Nearby is the Dworshak National Fish Hatchery, started to try to compensate for the loss of migratory fish upstream after the dam was constructed.
Dworshak Dam, 3rd. Hungry Horse Dam, 10th. Fontana Dam, 20th. Name State(s) Height Type River Coordinates Built ft m; Oroville Dam [1]
A fact from Dworshak Dam appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 27 June 2012 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that the 1973 completion of the Dworshak Dam (pictured), one of the tallest in the United States, wiped out one of the world's preeminent runs of steelhead trout?