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This is a map of the dams within the Columbia River drainage basin. The size of the circles are based on the height of the dam. Small circles are 50 meters or less, medium are 50 to 150 meters and large are over 150 meters. The color of the circles is based on dam ownership:

 
U.S. Federal government
 
Public Utilities
 
State, provincial, or local government
 
Private
The key to the dam names is below.
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Own work using:

Author Kmusser
Other versions Derivative works of this file:  Columbia dams map-fr.png

Key

Columbia River Treaty dams are in bold.

Map Number Name River Height (meters) Owner Date completed
1 Mica Dam Columbia River 243 BC Hydro 1973
2 Revelstoke Dam Columbia River 152 BC Hydro 1984
3 Keenleyside Dam Columbia River 59 BC Hydro 1968
4 Grand Coulee Dam Columbia River 168 US BoR 1942
5 Chief Joseph Dam Columbia River 70 USACE 1955
6 Wells Dam Columbia River 49 Douglas County PUD 1968
7 Rocky Reach Dam Columbia River 36 Chelan County PUD 1962
8 Rock Island Dam Columbia River 22 Chelan County PUD 1932
9 Wanapum Dam Columbia River 31 Grant County PUD 1963
10 Priest Rapids Dam Columbia River 29 Grant County PUD 1959
11 McNary Dam Columbia River 67 USACE 1954
12 John Day Dam Columbia River 70 USACE 1968
13 The Dalles Dam Columbia River 61 USACE 1957
14 Bonneville Dam Columbia River 60 USACE 1937
15 Jackson Lake Dam Snake River 21 US BoR 1911
16 Palisades Dam Snake River 82 US BoR 1957
17 Gem State Dam Snake River 12 Idaho Falls, Idaho 1988
18 American Falls Dam Snake River 32 US BoR 1978
19 Minidoka Dam Snake River 26 US BoR 1906
20 Milner Dam Snake River 24 Milner Dam, Inc 1905
21 Lower Salmon Dam Snake River 16 Idaho Power Company 1949
22 Bliss Dam Snake River 43 Idaho Power Company 1950
23 C.J. Strike Dam Snake River 35 Idaho Power Company 1952
24 Swan Falls Dam Snake River 25 Idaho Power Company 1901
25 Brownlee Dam Snake River 128 Idaho Power Company 1958
26 Oxbow Dam Snake River 64 Idaho Power Company 1961
27 Hells Canyon Dam Snake River 98 Idaho Power Company 1967
28 Lower Granite Lock and Dam Snake River 69 USACE 1975
29 Little Goose Lock and Dam Snake River 69 USACE 1970
30 Lower Monumental Lock and Dam Snake River 69 USACE 1969
31 Ice Harbor Lock and Dam Snake River 63 USACE 1962
32 Libby Dam Kootenay River 129 USACE 1973
34 Brilliant Dam Kootenay River 42 FortisBC 1944
33 Duncan Dam Duncan River 40 BC Hydro 1967
35 Hungry Horse Dam Flathead River 172 US BoR 1953
36 Kerr Dam Flathead River 60 PPL Montana/Tribal 1953
37 Noxon Rapids Dam Clark Fork 52 Avista 1960
38 Cabinet Gorge Dam Clark Fork 52 Avista 1952
39 Albeni Falls Dam Pend Oreille River 55 USACE 1955
40 Boundary Dam Pend Oreille River 104 Seattle, Washington 1967
41 Seven Mile Dam Pend Oreille River 67 BC Hydro 1979
42 Waneta Dam Pend Oreille River 67 FortisBC/Teck Cominco 1954
43 Long Lake Dam Spokane River 65 Avista 1915
44 O'Sullivan Dam Crab Creek 61 US BoR 1949
45 Tieton Dam Tieton River 97 US BoR 1925
46 Ririe Dam Willow Creek 77 US BoR 1977
47 Salmon Falls Dam Salmon Falls Creek 66 Salmon River Canal Co. 1912
48 Anderson Ranch Dam Boise River 139 US BoR 1947
49 Arrowrock Dam Boise River 107 US BoR 1915
50 Lucky Peak Dam Boise River 104 USACE 1955
51 Owyhee Dam Owyhee River 127 US BoR 1932
52 Black Canyon Dam Payette River 56 US BoR 1924
53 Mason Dam Powder River 53 US BoR 1968
54 Dworshak Dam Clearwater River 219 USACE 1973
55 Arthur R. Bowman Dam Crooked River 75 US BoR 1961
56 Round Butte Dam Deschutes River 134 Portland General Electric 1964
57 Pelton Dam Deschutes River 62 Portland General Electric 1957
58 Condit Dam (demolished 2011) White Salmon River 38 PacifiCorp 1913
59 Portland No. 1 Dam Bull Run River 56 Portland, Oregon 1929
60 Hills Creek Dam Willamette River 104 USACE 1962
61 Lookout Point Dam Willamette River 84 USACE 1953
62 Fall Creek Dam Willamette River 62 USACE 1965
63 Smith Dam McKenzie River 66 Eugene, Oregon 1962
64 Cougar Dam McKenzie River 158 USACE 1964
65 Blue River Dam Blue River 95 USACE 1968
66 Green Peter Dam Santiam River 115 USACE 1968
67 Detroit Dam Santiam River 141 USACE 1953
68 Big Cliff Dam Santiam River 52 USACE 1953
69 North Fork Dam Clackamas River 63 Portland General Electric 1953
70 Swift No. 1 Dam Lewis River 126 PacifiCorp 1958
71 Yale Dam Lewis River 98 PacifiCorp 1953
72 Merwin Dam Lewis River 95 PacifiCorp 1931
73 Mossyrock Dam Cowlitz River 112 Tacoma, Washington 1968
74 Mayfield Dam Cowlitz River 61 Tacoma, Washington 1963
75 Sediment Retention Structure Toutle River 73 USACE 1988
76 Willamette Falls Locks Willamette River 15 USACE 1873

Sources

United States: National Inventory of Dams archive copy at the Wayback Machine via the National Atlas archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Canada: British Columbia Integrated Land Management Bureau[dead link]


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current19:37, 18 November 2008Thumbnail for version as of 19:37, 18 November 20081,205 × 1,207 (414 KB)KmusserRe-categorized utility dams into public and private, added Brilliant Dam, made main-stem dams larger.
18:49, 3 November 2008Thumbnail for version as of 18:49, 3 November 20081,209 × 1,213 (417 KB)KmusserThinned out labels, added adjacent basins. Still to do: revise categorization.
00:32, 18 October 2008Thumbnail for version as of 00:32, 18 October 20081,365 × 1,369 (480 KB)Kmusserspelling
18:03, 16 October 2008Thumbnail for version as of 18:03, 16 October 20081,368 × 1,374 (482 KB)Kmusserdarkened dam labels
18:50, 15 October 2008Thumbnail for version as of 18:50, 15 October 20081,371 × 1,380 (481 KB)Kmusser{{Information |Description=This is a map of the dams within the Columbia River drainage basin. |Source=self-made, based on National Atlas and [[:en:Digital Chart of the World|Digital Chart

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