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Little Wood River Dam (National ID # ID00041) is a dam in Blaine County, Idaho, about ten miles northwest of Carey.
Map of Little Wood Dam, Bellevue, ID 83313, USA
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. 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.
The reservoir it creates, Little Wood River Reservoir, has a maximum capacity of 30,000 acre-feet and about nine miles of shoreline. Recreation includes fishing (for rainbow, cutthroat, and brook trout), hunting, boating, camping and hiking.