Bliss Dam

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Bliss Dam
Location Elmore / Gooding counties, Idaho
Coordinates 42°54′49″N 115°4′14″W / 42.91361°N 115.07056°W / 42.91361; -115.07056 [1]
Construction began 1948[2]
Opening date 1950[3]
Dam and spillways
Impounds Snake River
Length 615 feet (187 m)[3]
Height 70 feet (21 m)[3]
Reservoir
Total capacity 11,000 acre feet (14,000,000 m3)[3]
Catchment area 35,200 sq mi (91,200 km²)[3]
Surface area 254 acres (1.03 km²)[3]

Bliss Dam is a concrete gravity-type hydroelectric dam on the Snake River, in the U.S. state of Idaho. The dam is located near Bliss, Idaho.

Along with the Upper Salmon Falls and Lower Salmon Falls dam projects, Bliss Dam is part of Idaho Power Company's Mid-Snake Projects.[2] The Mid-Snake Projects in total have a nameplate capacity of 169.5 MW.[2]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bliss Dam, USGS, GNIS
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Mid-Snake Projects, Idaho Power
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Bliss Dam, NPDP Dam Directory


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