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Arrowrock Dam: Boise River: Concrete arch 350 110 Arrowrock Reservoir: 300,850 0.37109 0 USBR 1915 Blackfoot Dam: Blackfoot River: Earthfill 55 17 Blackfoot Reservoir: 417,000 0.514 0 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 ...
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Wisconsin.. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "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).
Idaho is a state located in the Western United States. According to the 2020 United States Census, Idaho is the 13th least populous state with 1,839,106 inhabitants but the 11th largest by land area spanning 82,643.12 square miles (214,044.7 km 2) of land. [1] Idaho is divided into 44 counties and contains 199 municipalities legally described ...
The dams are components of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Boise Project, and were designed to provide irrigation water to 500,000 acres (780 sq mi; 2,000 km 2) of Treasure Valley farmland in conjunction with the New York Irrigation District (New York Canal). The Boise River Diversion Dam also provides hydroelectric generation capacity. [1]
Lake Cascade (formerly Cascade Reservoir), [1] is a reservoir in the western United States, on the North Fork of the Payette River in Valley County, Idaho. Located in the Boise National Forest , it has a surface area of 47 square miles (122 km 2 ), and is the fourth largest lake or reservoir in the state.
The Upper Embankment is the largest of a set of four dikes here impounding the water of the Boise River in offstream storage. The other dams are: Deer Flat Middle Dike (ID #ID00277), completed 1911, 18 feet (5.5 m) high, 1,262 feet (385 m) long; Deer Flat Lower Dike (ID #ID00278), completed 1908, 48 feet (15 m) high, 7,270 feet (2,220 m) long
Today it is home to the Wisconsin wine appellation of the Lake Wisconsin AVA. [1] It was formed by the construction of the Prairie du Sac Dam, which was begun in 1911 and completed in 1914. It is part of the Wisconsin River system of reservoirs. The lake has a maximum depth of 24 feet (7.3 m). [2] It has an area of 7,197 acres (29.13 km 2). [2]
The dam created Cascade Reservoir along the west side of the city. With the introduction of nearby Tamarack Resort in 2004, the name was officially changed to Lake Cascade for marketing reasons. [citation needed] Cascade was the home of a sizable Boise Cascade sawmill, which closed in May 2001. [6]