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Salmon Falls Dam is a dam constructed across Salmon Falls Creek in Twin Falls County, Idaho, in the United States. Located about 28 miles (45 km) southwest of Twin Falls , the masonry arch-gravity dam is 217 feet (66 m) high and 450 feet (140 m) long, impounding up to 230,650 acre-feet (0.28450 km 3 ) of water in Salmon Falls Creek Reservoir. [ 1 ]
This is a list of locks and dams of the Ohio River, which begins at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers at The Point in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and ends at the confluence of the Ohio River and the Mississippi River, in Cairo, Illinois. A map and diagram of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers operated locks and dams on the Ohio River.
Little Wood River Dam: Little Wood River: Earthfill 169 52 Little Wood River Reservoir: 33,300 0.0411 3 USBR 1939 Lucky Peak Dam: Boise River: Earthfill 340 100 Lucky Peak Lake: 307,000 0.379 101 USACE 1955 Mackay Dam: Big Lost River: Earthfill 67 20 Mackay Reservoir: 45,000 0.056 0 Big Lost River Irrigation District 1918 Magic Dam: Big Wood ...
The Ohio River at Cairo is 281,500 cu ft/s (7,960 m 3 /s); [1] and the Mississippi River at Thebes, Illinois, which is upstream of the confluence, is 208,200 cu ft/s (5,897 m 3 /s). [66] The Ohio River flow is greater than that of the Mississippi River, so hydrologically the Ohio River is the main stream of the river system.
The largest dam removal project in U.S. history has freed the Klamath River, inspiring hope among Indigenous activists who pushed for rewilding to help save salmon.
The Salmon Falls includes a series of falls on the Snake River. The Lower Salmon Falls are approximately 5 miles downstream from Upper Salmon Falls, in between Gooding County and Twin Falls County, Idaho. [3] [4] Half of the Lower Falls have been inundated by the Lower Salmon Falls Dam. [5] [6] [7] The Lower Salmon Falls Dam was originally ...
The nearly 8100 major dams in the United States in 2006. 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).
The Middle Fork Nooksack dam blocked fish on their way to spawn.