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Map of the Salmon River drainage basin with tributaries. The Salmon River, also known as the "River of No Return", is a river located in the U.S. state of Idaho in the western United States. It flows for 425 miles (685 km) through central Idaho, draining a rugged, thinly populated watershed of 14,000 square miles (36,000 km 2).
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 1.7598 585.4 Idaho Power: 1958 C. J. Strike Dam: Snake River: Earthfill 115 35 C. J. Strike Reservoir: 247,000 0.305 82.8 Idaho Power ...
Anderson Ranch Dam is an earth rockfill type dam in the western United States, on the South Fork of the Boise River in southwestern Idaho.In Elmore County northeast of Mountain Home, it is several miles north of U.S. Route 20 and operated by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
Recreational activities include boating, water-skiing, camping, fishing, hiking and hunting; six boat ramps lie adjacent to the reservoir. Idaho's Dworshak State Park is located on Dworshak Reservoir about 3 miles (5 km) north of the dam. [32] The uppermost arm of the reservoir extends into the Clearwater National Forest. [33]
This year, the system has seen an 850,000-acre-foot increase in water flowing into the river from the aquifer, 300,000+ acre-feet in aquifer recharge, a 400-500 cubic-feet-per-second increase in ...
Location: Valley County, Idaho, U.S.: Coordinates: 1]: Primary inflows: North Fork Payette River: Primary outflows: North Fork Payette River: Catchment area: 144 square miles (373 km 2): Basin countries: United States: Max. length: 6 miles (9.7 km): Max. width: 2.25 miles (3.62 km): Surface area: 4,986.7 acres (2,018.0 ha) [2]: Average depth: 121 feet (36.8 m): Max. depth: 304 feet (92.7 m ...
If the amount of water available drops by 10% from its historical level, there are two basic ways to deal with that: 1. The farmer with the most junior water rights goes out of business (and the ...
The American Falls Dam is a concrete gravity-type dam in the western United States, located near American Falls, Idaho, on river mile 714.7 of the Snake River.The dam and reservoir are a part of the Minidoka Project on the Snake River Plain and are used primarily for flood control, irrigation, and recreation.