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King County has 123 dams—the most of any county in the state. [1] The majority of dams were built between 1960 and 1999. [1] Proposals to remove underused dams and restore fish habitats emerged in the early 21st century with support from the state's Native American tribes; the first major dam removal was the Condit Dam near White Salmon in ...
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The National Inventory of Dams defines a major dam as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3). [1] The following is a partial list of dams and reservoirs in the United States. There are an estimated 84,000 dams in ...
Following is a complete list of the approximately 340 dams owned by the United States Bureau of Reclamation as of 2008. [ 1 ] The Bureau was established in July 1902 as the "United States Reclamation Service" and was renamed in 1923.
This is a list of natural lakes and reservoirs located fully or partially in the U.S. state of Washington. Natural lakes that have been altered with a dam, such as Lake Chelan, are included as lakes, not reservoirs. Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all.
Ross Dam is a 540-foot (160 m)-high, 1,300-foot (400 m)-long concrete thin arch dam across the Skagit River, forming Ross Lake.The dam is in Washington state, while Ross Lake extends 23 miles (37 km) north to British Columbia, Canada.
Ice Harbor Dam and Lake Sacajawea (Washington) Lower Monumental Dam and Lake Herbert G. West (Washington) Palouse River (Washington, Idaho) Tucannon River (Washington) Little Goose Dam and Lake Bryan (Washington) Lower Granite Dam (Washington) Clearwater River (Idaho) Potlatch River (Idaho) North Fork Clearwater River (Idaho) Middle Fork ...
Mossyrock Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam on the Cowlitz River near Mossyrock in Lewis County, Washington, United States. The reservoir created by the dam is called Riffe Lake . The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric production while flood control is a secondary function. [ 1 ]