Noxon Rapids Dam
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| Noxon Rapids Dam | |
| Impounds | Clark Fork |
|---|---|
| Creates | Noxon Reservoir |
| Locale | Montana |
| Maintained by | Avista Corp. |
| Length | 5,840 ft (1,780 m)[1] |
| Height | 179 ft (55 m)[1] |
| Opening date | 1960[1] |
| Reservoir information | |
| Capacity | 400,000 acre feet (490,000,000 m³)[1] |
| Catchment area | 21,800 sq mi (56,500 km²)[1] |
| Surface area | 7,940 acres (32.1 km²)[1] |
| Geographical Data | |
| Coordinates | [2] |
Noxon Rapids Dam is an earth-fill gravity-type hydroelectric dam on the Clark Fork river, in the northwest part of the U.S. state of Montana.
The dam is located in the far northwest of Montana near the Idaho border. Downriver of Noxon Rapids Dam the Clark Fork is again impounded by the Cabinet Gorge Dam.
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