American Falls Dam

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American Falls Dam is a major irrigation and hydroelectric dam in southeastern Idaho that creates the American Falls Reservoir on the Snake River.

All labels observed (1)

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American Falls Dam canonical 7

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Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf concrete gravity dam ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
irrigation dam ⓘ
associatedWith Snake River Plain aquifer management ⓘ
completedIn 1927 ⓘ
constructionBegan 1925 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createsReservoir American Falls Reservoir ⓘ
hasPowerPlant yes ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
height approximately 94 feet ⓘ
isDownstreamOf Palisades Dam ⓘ
isPartOf Snake River hydropower system ⓘ
isUpstreamOf Minidoka Dam ⓘ
length approximately 5,277 feet ⓘ
locatedIn Idaho ⓘ
Power County, Idaho ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Mountain Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear American Falls, Idaho ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Snake River ⓘ
managesWaterFor Snake River Plain irrigation ⓘ
managingAgency U.S. Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ
opened 1927 ⓘ
operator U.S. Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ
owner United States Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ
partOfProject Minidoka Project ⓘ
linked to: Minidoka Dam
purpose flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
water storage ⓘ
region southeastern Idaho ⓘ
replacedStructure earlier American Falls Dam ⓘ
reservoirCapacity approximately 1,700,000 acre-feet ⓘ
reservoirName American Falls Reservoir ⓘ
reservoirUse hydropower regulation ⓘ
irrigation storage ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
riverBasin Columbia River Basin ⓘ
watercourse Snake River ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Snake River → hasDam → American Falls Dam ⓘ
Minidoka Dam → locatedUpstreamOf → American Falls Dam ⓘ
Power County, Idaho → contains → American Falls Dam ⓘ
Southeastern Idaho → contains → American Falls Dam ⓘ
subject linked to: southeastern Idaho
Upper Snake River Project → hasPart → American Falls Dam ⓘ
Snake River hydropower system → hasPart → American Falls Dam ⓘ
American Falls Reservoir → formedByDam → American Falls Dam ⓘ