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Dossier #134 · GRanD 411

American Falls

🇺🇸United States · Snake River River

Built 1977 · Dam · data quality: Good

IrrigationHydroelectricityRecreation
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
32 m
Crest length
583 m
Reservoir capacity
2.1 km³
Reservoir area
199.6 km²
Average depth
10.3 m
Catchment
39,779 km²
Avg discharge
251,532 L/s
Elevation
1,324 masl
Degree of regulation
26 %

Notes

Built 1977

Provenance

Record 134 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 42.7791, -112.8737.