Little Camas Dam

Little Camas Dam
Location of Little Camas Dam in Idaho
Location Elmore County, Idaho,
United States[1]
Coordinates 43°21′10″N 115°23′08″W / 43.35278°N 115.38556°W / 43.35278; -115.38556Coordinates: 43°21′10″N 115°23′08″W / 43.35278°N 115.38556°W / 43.35278; -115.38556
Opening date 1912
Operator(s) Mountain Home Irrigation District
Dam and spillways
Impounds Little Camas Creek
Height 44 feet (13 m)[2]
Reservoir
Creates Little Camas Reservoir
Total capacity 18,800 acre feet (0.0232 km3) [2]

Little Camas Dam is an earthfill type dam on Little Camas Creek, in Elmore County, Idaho, United States. Its reservoir is called Little Camas Reservoir and is northeast of Mountain Home and about 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Anderson Ranch Dam. The dam is owned by the Mountain Home Irrigation District and does not produce electricity. The reservoir is surrounded primarily by Boise National Forest land but also state and private land.[2][3][4]

Little Camas Reservoir and the Soldier Mountains

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Little Camas Dam
  2. 1 2 3 "NPDP Dam Directory". Stanford University. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
  3. "State of Idaho Water Resource Inventory 2010". Idaho Department of Water Resources. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 26, 2014. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
  4. Boise National Forest (Map). 1:126720. U.S. Forest Service. 2012.
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