Dams On Each Major Tributary

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Name	Capacity (MW)	Location	Date authorized	Date completed	Owner Name	Lake formed
Mica Dam	1,805	British Columbia, Canada	1964	1973	BC Hydro	Kinbasket Lake
Revelstoke Dam	2,480	British Columbia, Canada	1964	1984	BC Hydro	Revelstoke Lake
Keenleyside Dam	185	British Columbia, Canada	1964	1968	BC Hydro	Raised Arrow Lakes
Grand Coulee Dam	6,809	Washington, USA	1933	1942	USBR	Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake, Banks Lake
Chief Joseph Dam	2,620	WA	1946	1955	USACE	Rufus Woods Lake
Wells Dam	840	WA		1967	Douglas PUD	Lake Pateros
Rocky Reach Dam	1,287	WA	1956	1961	Chelan PUD	Lake Entiat
Rock Island Dam	660	WA	1929	1933	Chelan PUD	Rock Island Pool
Wanapum Dam	1,038	WA	1959	1963	Grant PUD	Lake Wanapum
Priest Rapids Dam	955	WA	1950	1961	Grant PUD	Priest Rapids Lake
McNary Dam	980	between WA and Oregon	1941	1954	USACE	Lake Wallula
John Day Dam	2,160	between WA and OR	1958	1971	USACE	Lake Umatilla
The Dalles Dam	1,780	between WA and OR		1960	USACE	Lake Celilo
Bonneville Dam	1,050	between WA and OR		1937	USACE	Lake Bonneville
Total	24,149

Snake River

Name	Height	Purpose(s)	Capacity (MW)	Year	Owner name	Reservoir name	Comments
Ice Harbor	208 ft (63.4 m)	Navigation, hydroelectric	693	1962	USACE	Lake Sacajawea
Lower Monumental	100 ft (30.5 m)	Navigation, hydroelectric	932	1969	USACE	Lake Herbert G. West
Little Goose	98 ft (29.9 m)	Navigation, hydroelectric	932	1970	USACE	Lake Bryan
Lower Granite	100 ft (30.5 m)	Navigation, hydroelectric	932	1972	USACE	Lower Granite Lake
Hells Canyon	330 ft (101 m)	Hydroelectric	391	1967	Idaho Power Company	Hells Canyon Reservoir	No fish passage.
Oxbow	175 ft (53.3 m)	Hydroelectric	190	1961	Idaho Power Company	Oxbow Reservoir
Brownlee	420 ft (128 m)	Hydroelectric	585.4	1958	Idaho Power Company	Brownlee Reservoir
Swan Falls	107 ft (32.6 m)	Hydroelectric		1901	Idaho Power Company
C. J. Strike	115 ft (35.1 m)	Hydroelectric	82.8	1952	Idaho Power Company	C. J. Strike Reservoir
Bliss	70 ft (21.3 m)	Hydroelectric		1950	Idaho Power Company		Mid-Snake Project.
Milner	73 ft (22.3 m)	Irrigation, hydroelectric		1905	Milner Dam, Inc.	Milner Lake
Minidoka	86 ft (26.2 m)	Irrigation, hydroelectric	27.7	1906	Bureau of Reclamation	Lake Walcott	Minidoka Project.
American Falls	103.5 ft (31.5 m)	Irrigation, hydroelectric	112	1927, replaced 1978	Bureau of Reclamation	American Falls Reservoir	Minidoka Project.
Gem State	40 ft (12.2 m)	Hydroelectric, irrigation	24	1988	City of Idaho Falls
Jackson Lake	65 ft (19.8 m)	Irrigation	N/A	1916, upgraded 1989	Bureau of Reclamation	Jackson Lake	Minidoka Project.
Total			4,766

Pend Oreille-Clark Fork–Flathead

Name	Height	Purpose(s)	Capacity (MW)	Year	Owner name	Reservoir name	Comments
Pend Oreille
Waneta Dam	249 feet (76 m)	Hydroelectric	450 MW	1954	Teck Resources
Seven Mile Dam	213 feet (65 m)	Hydroelectric	848 MW	1979	BC Hydro
Boundary Dam	340 feet (100 m)	Hydroelectric	1,050 MW	1967	Seattle City Light
Box Canyon Dam	62.4 feet (19.0 m)	Hydroelectric	69 MW		Pend Oreille Public Utility District
Albeni Falls Dam	90 feet (27 m)	Hydroelectric	55 MW	1955	USACE
Clark Fork
Cabinet Gorge Dam	111 feet (34 m)	Hydroelectric	231 MW	1953	Avista Corp.
Noxon Rapids Dam	179 feet (55 m)	Hydroelectric	466 MW	1960	Avista Corp.
Flathead
Kerr Dam	205 feet (62 m)	Hydroelectric	196 MW	1938	PPL/Tribal	Flathead Lake	Raised Flathead Lake 10 feet (3.0 m) over its natural level
Hungry Horse Dam	564 feet (172 m)	Hydroelectric, flood control, irrigation	428 MW	1953	Bureau of Reclamation	Hungry Horse Reservoir	On South Fork Flathead River
Total			3,735 MW

Kootenay River

Name	Height	Purpose(s)	Capacity (MW)	Year	Owner name	Reservoir name	Comments
Libby Dam	422 feet (129 m)	Hydroelectric, flood control, storage	600	1975	USACE	Lake Koocanusa	Columbia River Treaty
Duncan Dam		Flood control, storage		1967	BC Hydro	Duncan Lake	Duncan River, flows into Kootenay Lake
Corra Linn Dam	52 feet (16 m)	Hydroelectric, flood control, storage	44	1932	FortisBC	Kootenay Lake	raised lake 2m
Kootenay Canal	276 feet (84 m)	Hydroelectric	572	1975	BC Hydro		see Corra Linn Dam
Upper Bonnington Falls Dam		Hydroelectric	62	1907	FortisBC
Lower Bonnington Falls Dam		Hydroelectric	49.5	1925	FortisBC
South Slocan Dam	60 feet (18 m)	Hydroelectric	53	1928	FortisBC
Brilliant Dam	140 feet (43 m)	Hydroelectric	265	1944	Columbia Power Corporation
Total			1,645.5