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Yale Dam

Coordinates: 45°57′51″N 122°19′57″W / 45.96417°N 122.33250°W / 45.96417; -122.33250
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Yale Dam
Yale Dam, north side
LocationClark / Cowlitz counties, Washington, USA
Coordinates45°57′51″N 122°19′57″W / 45.96417°N 122.33250°W / 45.96417; -122.33250
StatusOperational
Opening date1953
Designed byEbasco Services Inc.
Operator(s)PacifiCorp[1]
Dam and spillways
Type of damEmbankment dam
ImpoundsLewis River
Height323 feet (98.5 m)
Length1,500 feet (457 m)[2]
Elevation at crest460 feet (140 m)
Spillway typeGated concrete ogee/chute
Spillway length195 feet (59.4 m)
Reservoir
CreatesYale Lake
Total capacity402,000 acre-feet (0.496 km3)
Catchment area600 square miles (1,550 km2)
Power Station
Hydraulic head240 square miles (622 km2)
Turbines2
Installed capacity134,000 kW[3]

Yale Dam is a 323-foot high earth-type hydroelectric dam on the Lewis River, in the U.S. state of Washington,[4] owned by PacifiCorp.[2] It is located on the border between Cowlitz County and Clark County. Its reservoir is called Yale Lake. The dam's power plant capacity is 134 megawatts.[3]

In January 2020, PacifiCorp, the dam owner, lowered the reservoir level 10 feet below normal operating level in order to reduce the probability of an accidental release due to an earthquake.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Dam Name: Yale". npdp.stanford.edu. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Dam Name: Yale". npdp.stanford.edu. Archived from the original on 10 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Yale Hydroelectric Project, FERC Project No. P-2071, Application for License Amendment, Volume I of V" (PDF). pacificorp.com. July 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 January 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  4. ^ Johnson, Noel. "Yale Dam - Recreation". lewisriver.com. Archived from the original on 1 August 2010. Retrieved 5 July 2010.
  5. ^ Fairbanks, Katie (16 Jan 2020). "PacifiCorp to lower Yale Reservoir because of earthquake risk". The Columbian. Archived from the original on 17 January 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2022.