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Blackfoot Dam

Coordinates: 43°00′14″N 111°42′59″W / 43.00381°N 111.71652°W / 43.00381; -111.71652
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Blackfoot Dam
Blackfoot Dam is located in Idaho
Blackfoot Dam
Location of Blackfoot Dam in Idaho
LocationCaribou County, Idaho
Coordinates43°00′14″N 111°42′59″W / 43.00381°N 111.71652°W / 43.00381; -111.71652
PurposeFlood control, irrigation
StatusOperational
Opening date1911 (1911)
Operator(s)Bureau of Indian Affairs
Dam and spillways
Type of damEarth fill dam
ImpoundsBlackfoot River
Height (foundation)55 feet (17 m)
Length304 feet (93 m)
Reservoir
CreatesBlackfoot Reservoir
Total capacity413,000 acre-feet (509,000 ML)
Surface area18,000 acres (7,300 ha)

Blackfoot Dam (National Inventory of Dams ID ID00204) is a dam in Caribou County, Idaho, in the eastern part of the state. The earthen dam was completed in 1911 by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs, with a height of 55 feet (17 m) and 304 feet (93 m) long at its crest.[1] It impounds the Blackfoot River of Idaho for flood control and irrigation water storage primarily for the Fort Hall Indian Reservation. The dam is owned and operated by the Bureau. Its construction came eight years before the 1919 formation of Caribou County.[2]

The reservoir it creates, Blackfoot Reservoir, has a water surface of 18,000 acres (7,300 ha), and a maximum capacity of 413,000 acre-feet (509,000,000 m3).[3] Blackfoot Dam impounds the river at the northwestern end of the reservoir; the China Hat Dam towards the southwest of the reservoir was constructed in 1923 to resolve seepage problems.[4] Recreation includes fishing for rainbow and cutthroat trout,[5] as well as carp.

References

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  1. ^ "Blackfoot Reservoir Campground". Archived from the original on 2011-10-26. Retrieved 2012-08-28.
  2. ^ Hellmann, Paul T. Historical Gazetteer of the United States. p. 268.
  3. ^ "Blackfoot Reservoir Campground". Archived from the original on 2011-10-26. Retrieved 2012-08-28.
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-12. Retrieved 2012-08-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ [1] (sic)