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Pages in category "United States Bureau of Reclamation proposed dams" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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.
Lake Sherburne Dam is a 107-foot (33 m) high compacted earthfill dam built between 1914 and 1921, just outside the boundary of Glacier National Park, Montana, its reservoir extending into the park. The dam impounds Swiftcurrent Creek as it flows out of the park. [ 1 ]
Begun in the 1880s, it is now managed by the United States Bureau of Reclamation, and provides irrigation water to a large area around Carlsbad, diverted from the Pecos River and the Black River. The late 19th and early 20th-century elements of the project were designated a National Historic Landmark District in 1964.
Paonia Dam is a dam in Gunnison County, Colorado. The earthen dam was a project of the United States Bureau of Reclamation . Built between 1959 and 1962 for irrigation storage, it stands 199 feet (61 m) high and 770 feet (230 m) across at its crest.
Lewiston Dam is an earthfill dam on the Trinity River that forms Lewiston Lake near Weaverville, California, United States. [2] The 91 ft (28 m) high earthfill dam is 7 mi (11 km) downstream of Trinity Dam and was built by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. [2] Construction was completed in 1963. [1]
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]
Cold Springs Dam is an earthen dam 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Hermiston and 3 miles (5 km) south of the Columbia River in Umatilla County, Oregon. The dam impounds the water of the Umatilla River to create Cold Springs Reservoir, a component of the Umatilla Basin Project of the United States Bureau of Reclamation. Dating from 1908, the first ...