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Dams Greater than 5MW Capacity
in Columbia River Basin

Data Ranking
Wikipedia
(accessed April 2021)

Capacity Name Height State Completion Year Owner Coordinates
527 Noxon Rapids Dam 260 ft (79 m) Montana 1959 Avista 47o57'39''N115o44'01''W
255 Cabinet Gorge Dam 208 ft (63 m) Idaho 1952 Avista 48o05'08''N116o03'27''W
71 Long Lake Dam 213 ft (65 m) Washington 1915 Avista 47o50'14''N117o50'23''W
36 Little Falls Dam 57 ft (17 m) Washington 1911 Avista 47o49'57''N117o55'04''W
26 Nine Mile Dam 58 ft (18 m) Washington 1908 Avista 47o46'30''N117o32'38''W
15 Post Falls Hydroelectric Development 64 ft (20 m) Idaho 1908 Avista 47o42'31''N116o57'13''W
15 Monroe Street Dam 24 ft (7.3 m) Washington 1890 Avista 47o39'42''N117o25'31''W
10 Upper Falls Dam 35 ft (11 m) Washington 1922 Avista 47o39'46''N117o24'55''W
1287 Rocky Reach Dam 130 ft (40 m) Washington 1961 Chelan PUD 47o31'59''N120o17'41''W
660 Rock Island Dam 135 ft (41 m) Washington 1933 Chelan PUD 47o20'33''N120o05'40''W
59.2 Lake Chelan Dam 40 ft (12 m) Washington 1892–1903 / 1927 Chelan PUD 47o50'04''N120o00'45''W
22.6 Gem State Dam 40 ft (12 m) Idaho 1982 City of Idaho Falls 43o25'19''N112o06'08''W
17.7 Upriver Dam Washington 1894 / 1933 City of Spokane 47o41'09''N117o19'43''W
188 Seli’S; Ksanka Qlispe' Dam(Kerr Dam) 205 ft (62 m) Montana 1938 CSKT's EKI: Tribal 47o40'38''N114o14'02''W
840 Wells Dam 160 ft (49 m) Washington 1967 Douglas PUD 47o56'50''N119o51'51''W
104.5 Smith Dam (Smith River) 250 ft (76 m) Oregon 1963 Eugene Water & Electric Board 44o0'0''N122o06'36''W
15.9 Leaburg Dam 20 ft (6.1 m) Oregon 1929 Eugene Water & Electric Board 44o08'15''N122o36'43''W
10 Trail Bridge Dam 90 ft (27 m) Oregon 1963 Eugene Water & Electric Board 44o16'24''N122o03'02''W
9 Walterville Dam 24 ft (7.3 m) Oregon 1911 Eugene Water & Electric Board 44o03'36''N122o49'48''W
1092 Wanapum Dam 185 ft (56 m) Washington 1963 Grant PUD 46o52'40''N119o58'13''W
955.6 Priest Rapids Dam 178 ft (54 m) Washington 1961 Grant PUD 46o38'39''N119o54'36''W
585 Brownlee Dam 420 ft (130 m) Idaho 1959 / 1980 Idaho Power Company 44o50'13''N116o54'03''W
450 Hells Canyon Dam 330 ft (100 m) Idaho 1967 Idaho Power Company 45o14'34''N116o42'05''W
220 Oxbow Dam 175 ft (53 m) Idaho 1961 Idaho Power Company 44o58'15''N116o50'07''W
82.8 C. J. Strike Dam 115 ft (35 m) Idaho 1952 Idaho Power Company 42o56'51''N115o58'31''W
75 Bliss Dam 84 ft (26 m) Idaho 1950 Idaho Power Company 42o54'49''N115o04'16''W
64 Shoshone Falls Dam 16 ft (4.9 m) Idaho 1907 Idaho Power Company 42o35'47''N114o24'04''W
60 Lower Salmon Falls Dam 38 ft (12 m) Idaho 1910 / 1949 Idaho Power Company 42o50'30''N114o54'54''W
52.9 Twin Falls Dam 25 ft (7.6 m) Idaho 1935 / 1995 Idaho Power Company 42o35'21''N114o21'20''W
34.5 Upper Salmon Falls Dam 18 ft (5.5 m) Idaho 1937 / 1947 Idaho Power Company 42o45'59''N114o53'45''W
25 Swan Falls Dam 107 ft (33 m) Idaho 1901 Idaho Power Company 43o14'35''N116o22'46''W
70 Cowlitz Falls Dam 140 ft (43 m) Washington 1994 Lewis County Public Utility District 46o27'59''N122o06'33''W
9 Magic Dam 128 ft (39 m) Idaho 1910 Magic Reservoir Hydroelectric, Inc. 43o15'0''N114o22'12''W
59.5 Milner Dam 38 ft (12 m) Idaho 1905 Milner Dam, Inc. 42o31'30''N114o00'35''W
94 Thompson Falls Dam 110 ft (34 m) Montana 1915 Northwestern Energy 47o35'28''N115o21'03''W
240 Swift Dam 512 ft (156 m) Washington 1958 PacifiCorp 46o04'48''N122o12'36''W
136 Merwin Dam 313 ft (95 m) Washington 1931 PacifiCorp 45o59'24''N122o28'48''W
134 Yale Dam 323 ft (98 m) Washington 1953 PacifiCorp 45o58'48''N122o20'24''W
6.85 Ashton Dam 56.6 ft (17.3 m) Idaho 1913 PacifiCorp 44o04'12''N111o29'24''W
90 Box Canyon Dam 62 ft (19 m) Washington 1956 Pend Oreille PUD 48o46'49''N117o24'46''W
15.18 Willamette Falls Dam 20 ft (6.1 m) Oregon 1888 Portland General Electric, but...
USACE owns Willamette Falls Lock
45o21'11''N122o37'04''W
247.12 Round Butte Dam 440 ft (130 m) Oregon 1964 Portland General Electric Company, Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon 44o36'0''N121o16'12''W
100.8 Pelton Dam 204 ft (62 m) Oregon 1957 Portland General Electric Company, Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon 44o41'24''N121o13'48''W
18.9 Pelton Reregulating Dam 88 ft (27 m) Oregon 1958 Portland General Electric Company, Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon 44o43'12''N121o14'24''W
70 Swift No. 2 Dam 83 ft (25 m) Washington 1959 Public Utility District No. 1 of Cowlitz County 46o03'46''N122o11'52''W
1040 Boundary Dam 340 ft (100 m) Washington 1967 Seattle City Light 48o59'13''N117o20'53''W
300 Mossyrock Dam 606 ft (185 m) Washington 1968 Tacoma Public Utilities 46o32'04''N122o25'29''W
162 Mayfield Dam 250 ft (76 m) Washington 1963 Tacoma Public Utilities 46o30'10''N122o35'18''W

SUMMARY
20 Dams >= 100 MW Capacity
17 Dams < 100 MW and >= 25MW Capacity
11 Dams < 25 MW Capacity
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48 Dams > 5 MW Capacity in Columbia Basin

Related Links:
29 Dams in the Federal Columbia River Power System
Electricity in Idaho & the Northwest
Electric Sales and Revenue 1999


Data Ranking
Dams Greater than 5MW Capacity in Columbia River Basin
Wikipedia (accessed April 2021)

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