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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. The agency has operated in the 17 western states of the continental U.S., divided into five administrative regions.
The Bureau of Reclamation, formerly the United States Reclamation Service, is a federal agency under the U.S. Department of the Interior, which oversees water resource management, specifically as it applies to the oversight and operation of the diversion, delivery, and storage projects that it has built throughout the western United States for irrigation, water supply, and attendant ...
TransAlta Corporation (formerly Calgary Power Company, Ltd.) is an electricity power generator and wholesale marketing company headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is a privately owned corporation and its shares are traded publicly. It operates 76 power plants in Canada, the United States, and Australia.
Grand Coulee Dam is the largest producer of hydroelectric power in the United States, [1] generating 6,809 megawatts, over one-sixth of all power in the basin. In addition to providing ample power for the people of the Pacific Northwest , the reservoirs created by the dams have created numerous recreational opportunities, including fishing ...
United States Bureau of Reclamation proposed dams (7 P) Pages in category "United States Bureau of Reclamation dams" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 216 total.
Cedar Bluff Dam is a rolled earth-fill embankment dam with rock riprap on its upstream face. [6] It has a structural height of 202 feet (62 m) and a length of 12,560 feet (3,830 m). At its crest, the dam has an elevation of 2,198 feet (670 m). [11] An uncontrolled spillway is located at the south end of the dam. Gated outlet works through the ...
Lovewell Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam with a structural height of 93 feet (28 m) and a length of 8,500 feet (2,600 m). At its crest, the dam has an elevation of 1,616 feet (493 m). [ 14 ] A 53-foot (16 m) concrete spillway controlled by two radial gates is located at the south end of the dam and empties into the creek.
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 ...