List of dams and reservoirs in Idaho explained

This is a list of dams and reservoirs in the U.S. state of Idaho.

Name	River	Type	Height		Reservoir	Capacity		Capacity	Owner	Built
			Ft	m		acre.ft	km^3	MW
Albeni Falls Dam	Pend Oreille River	Concrete gravity	90feet	Lake Pend Oreille	1153000acre feet	?	USACE	1955
Alexander Dam	Bear River	Concrete gravity	94feet	Alexander Reservoir	15760acre feet	14	PacifiCorp	1925
American Falls Dam	Snake River	Concrete gravity	94feet	American Falls Reservoir	1671300acre feet	112	USBR	1978
Anderson Ranch Dam	South Fork Boise River	Earthfill	456feet	Anderson Ranch Reservoir	503500acre feet	40	USBR	1950
Black Canyon Diversion Dam	Payette River	Concrete gravity	183feet	Black Canyon Reservoir	31200acre feet	10	USBR	1924
Arrowrock Dam	Boise River	Concrete arch	350feet	Arrowrock Reservoir	300850acre feet	0	USBR	1915
Blackfoot Dam	Blackfoot River	Earthfill	55feet	Blackfoot Reservoir	417000acre feet	0	Idaho Bureau of Indian Affairs	1911
Bliss Dam	Snake River	Concrete gravity	70feet	Bliss Reservoir	11000acre feet	75	Idaho Power	1950
Brownlee Dam	Snake River	Earthfill	420feet	Brownlee Reservoir	1426700acre feet	585.4	Idaho Power	1958
C. J. Strike Dam	Snake River	Earthfill	115feet	C. J. Strike Reservoir	247000acre feet	82.8	Idaho Power	1952
Cabinet Gorge Dam	Clark Fork	Concrete arch	111feet	Cabinet Gorge Reservoir	106000acre feet	231	Avista Utilities	1953
Cascade Dam	North Fork Payette River	Earthfill	107feet	Lake Cascade	693100acre feet	12.4	USBR	1948
Cedar Creek Dam	Cedar Creek	Earthfill	84feet	Cedar Creek Reservoir	30000acre feet	0	Cedar Mesa Canal & Reservoir Co.	1920
Crane Creek Dam	Crane Creek	Earthfill	55feet	Crane Creek Reservoir	56800acre feet	?	Crane Creek Reservoir Administrative Board	1912
Deadwood Dam	Deadwood River	Concrete arch	165feet	Deadwood Reservoir	154000acre feet	0	USBR	1931
Dworshak Dam	North Fork Clearwater River	Concrete gravity	717feet	Dworshak Reservoir	3468000acre feet	460	USACE	1973
Fish Creek Dam	Fish Creek	Concrete multiple arch	88feet	Fish Creek Reservoir	12743acre feet	0	Carey Valley Reservoir Co.	1923
Hells Canyon Dam	Snake River	Concrete gravity	330feet	Hells Canyon Reservoir	188000acre feet	391	Idaho Power	1967
Island Park Dam	Henrys Fork	Earthfill	94feet	Island Park Reservoir	135205acre feet	0	USBR	1939
Little Camas Dam	Little Camas Creek	Earthfill	44feet	Little Camas Reservoir	18400acre feet	0	Mountain Home Irrigation District	1912
Little Wood River Dam	Little Wood River	Earthfill	169feet	Little Wood River Reservoir	33300acre feet	3	USBR	1939
Lucky Peak Dam	Boise River	Earthfill	340feet	Lucky Peak Lake	307000acre feet	101	USACE	1955
Mackay Dam	Big Lost River	Earthfill	67feet	Mackay Reservoir	45000acre feet	0	Big Lost River Irrigation District	1918
Magic Dam	Big Wood River	Earthfill	128feet	Magic Reservoir	195000acre feet	9	Magic Reservoir Hydroelectric, Inc.	1910
McArthur Lake	Deep Creek	Earthfill			McArthur Lake				Idaho Fish and Game	1942
Milner Dam	Snake River	Rockfill	73feet	Milner Lake	36300acre feet	58.3	Milner Dam, Inc.	1905
Minidoka Dam	Snake River	Earthfill/concrete	86feet	Lake Walcott	210200acre feet	28	USBR	1906
Mormon Dam	McKinney Creek	Earthfill	23feet	Mormon Reservoir	19280acre feet	0	Twin Lakes Reservoir & Irrigation Co.	1908
Oakley Dam	Goose Creek	Earthfill	139feet	Lower Goose Creek Reservoir	76000acre feet	0	Oakley Canal Co.	1916
Oneida Dam	Bear River	Concrete gravity	102feet	Oneida Narrows Reservoir	11400acre feet	30	PacifiCorp	1913
Paddock Valley Dam	Little Willow Creek	Earthfill	43feet	Paddock Valley Reservoir	36400acre feet	0	Little Willow Irrigation District	1949
Ririe Dam	Willow Creek	Earthfill	253feet	Ririe Reservoir	100500acre feet	0	USBR	1977
Oxbow Dam	Snake River	Rockfill	175feet	Oxbow Reservoir	58200acre feet	190	Idaho Power	1961
Palisades Dam	Snake River	Earthfill	270feet	Palisades Reservoir	1200000acre feet	176.5	USBR	1957
Post Falls Dam	Spokane River	Concrete gravity	57.8feet	Coeur d'Alene Lake	225000acre feet	14.75	Avista Utilities	1906
Priest Lake Dam	Priest River	Concrete gravity	8feet	Priest Lake	143000acre feet	?	Idaho Department of Water Resources	1978
Sage Hen Dam	Sage Hen Creek	Earthfill	38feet	Sage Hen Reservoir	5210acre feet	0	Squaw Creek Irrigation Company	1938
Salmon Falls Dam	Salmon Falls Creek	Concrete arch	217feet	Salmon Falls Creek Reservoir	230650acre feet	0	Salmon River Canal Co.	1911

See also

• List of lakes of Idaho
• List of dams in the Columbia River watershed
• List of dam removals in Idaho