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°WCoordinates: 43°21′10″N 115°23′08″W / 43.35278°N 115.38556°W |
| 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
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Little Camas Dam
- 1 2 3 "NPDP Dam Directory". Stanford University. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Boise National Forest (Map). 1:126720. U.S. Forest Service. 2012.
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