Little Wood River Dam

Little Wood River Dam (National ID # ID00041) is a dam in Blaine County, Idaho, about ten miles northwest of Carey.

The earthen dam was originally constructed from 1936 to 1939 by the United States Bureau of Reclamation as a flood control and irrigation storage project, then modified in 1960. The dam impounds the Little Wood River, is 129 feet tall, and is 3100 feet long at its crest.[1] The 1960 modification included the installation of a one-unit hydroelectric power plant that generates 3 megawatts. The dam is owned by the Bureau and is operated by the local Little Wood River Irrigation District.[2]

The reservoir it creates, Little Wood River Reservoir, has a maximum capacity of 30,000 acre-feet and about nine miles of shoreline.[3] Recreation includes fishing (for rainbow, cutthroat, and brook trout), hunting, boating, camping and hiking.[4]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Facility.jsp?fac_Name=Little+Wood+River+Dam
  2. ↑ http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Project.jsp?proj_Name=Little%20Wood%20River%20Project
  3. ↑ http://www.usbr.gov/gp/aop/resaloc/davis_creek.pdf
  4. ↑ http://www.recreation.gov/recAreaDetails.do?contractCode=NRSO&recAreaId=116&agencyCode=129

Coordinates: 43°25′35″N 114°01′36″W / 43.42649°N 114.02663°W / 43.42649; -114.02663

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