Little Camas Dam Explained

Little Camas Dam
Dam Crosses:Little Camas Creek
Res Name:Little Camas Reservoir
Location:Elmore County, Idaho,
United States
Operator:Mountain Home Irrigation District
Opening:1912
Res Capacity Total:18800acre.ft
Location Map:Idaho
Coordinates:43.3528°N -115.3856°W

Little Camas Dam is an earthfill type dam on Little Camas Creek, in Elmore County, Idaho, United States. Its reservoir is called Little Camas Reservoir and is northeast of Mountain Home and about 3miles east of Anderson Ranch Dam. The dam is owned by the Mountain Home Irrigation District and does not produce electricity. The reservoir is surrounded primarily by Boise National Forest land but also state and private land.[1] [2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NPDP Dam Directory . Stanford University . December 26, 2014.
  2. Web site: State of Idaho Water Resource Inventory 2010 . Idaho Department of Water Resources . December 26, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924032824/http://www.idwr.idaho.gov/waterboard/WaterPlanning/PDFs/2010_Resource-Inventory.pdf . September 24, 2015 . dead.
  3. Boise National Forest . U.S. Forest Service . 1:126720 . 2012 . December 27, 2014-->.