Gem State Dam

Gem State Dam
Location Bonneville County, Idaho
Opening date 1988[1]
Dam and spillways
Height 40 ft (12 m)[1]
Impounds Snake River
Reservoir
Capacity 6,700 acre feet (8,300,000 m3)[1]
Catchment area 9,800 sq mi (25,382 km²)[1]
Surface area 305 acres (1.23 km²)[1]
Power station
Installed capacity 24 MW

Gem State Dam is a concrete and rock-fill gravity dam on the Snake River, in the U.S. state of Idaho. Its location is near Idaho Falls, Idaho. The dam's primary purpose is to generate hydroelectricity, but it also provides water for irrigation agriculture.

Gem State Dam is owned and operated by the city of Idaho Falls.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e National Inventory of Dams, GIS shapefile data