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Oxbow Dam

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Official name
  
Oxbow Dam

Impounds
  
Snake River

Height
  
53 m

Surface area
  
4.654 km²

Operator
  
Idaho Power

Opening date
  
1961

Creates
  
Oxbow Reservoir

Opened
  
1961

Total capacity
  
71.79 million m³

Impound
  
Snake River

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Location
  
Hells Canyon, Adams County, Idaho / Baker County, Oregon, USA

Catchment area
  
73,300 square miles (190,000 km)

Similar
  
Brownlee Dam, Snake River, Hells Canyon Dam, Hells Canyon, C J Strike Dam

Oxbow Dam is a hydroelectric run-of-the-river rockfill dam on the Snake River on the Idaho-Oregon border, in Hells Canyon (river mile 273). It is part of the Hells Canyon Project that also includes Hells Canyon Dam and Brownlee Dam, built and operated by Idaho Power Company.

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Map of Oxbow Dam, Council, ID 83612, USA

The dam's powerhouse contains four generating units with a total nameplate capacity of 190 megawatts (250,000 hp).

Lacking passage for migrating salmon, the three Hells Canyon Project dams blocked access by anadromous salmonids to a stretch of the Snake River drainage basin from Hells Canyon Dam up to Shoshone Falls, which naturally prevents any upstream fish passage to the upper Snake River basin.

HeliportEdit

Oxbow Heliport (FAA LID: OR83) is a private 100-by-100-foot (30 by 30 m), turf heliport owned by Idaho Power Company.

References

Oxbow Dam Wikipedia