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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.
Dworshak Dam [3] ID: 717 219 Concrete gravity ... Oklahoma: Broken Bow Dam: 225 69 Embankment Mountain Fork River ... Location map. Oroville (1) Hoover (2) Dworshak (3)
Deadwood Dam: Deadwood River: Concrete arch 165 50 Deadwood Reservoir: 154,000 0.190 0 USBR 1931 Dworshak Dam: North Fork Clearwater River: Concrete gravity 717 219 Dworshak Reservoir: 3,468,000 4.278 460 USACE 1973 Fish Creek Dam: Fish Creek: Concrete multiple arch 88 27 Fish Creek Reservoir: 12,743 0.015718 0 Carey Valley Reservoir Co. 1923 ...
[157] [158] Since the completion of the Hells Canyon complex, with the exception of the lower Snake River dams, only one major hydroelectric dam has been built in the Snake River system – the Army Corps' Dworshak Dam (1973), in the Clearwater River basin. Like the Hells Canyon dams, Dworshak also generated controversy over its impact on ...
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 ...
The only reasonable answer was a bridge somewhere in the middle of the future reservoir. The exact location was based on the topography most suitable for road access as well as for the bridge construction itself. The bridge takes its name from Charles and Katherine Dent, who in 1895 owned land on the western side of where the bridge now stands.
Lake Powell, impounded by Glen Canyon Dam, is the second-largest reservoir in the U.S.. This is a list of largest reservoirs in the United States, including all artificial lakes with a capacity greater than or equal to 1,000,000 acre-feet (1.2 km 3).
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.