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Dam in Idaho, United States
Little Camas Dam
Little Camas Dam is located in IdahoLittle Camas DamLocation of Little Camas Dam in Idaho
LocationElmore County, Idaho,
United States
Coordinates43°21′10″N 115°23′08″W / 43.35278°N 115.38556°W / 43.35278; -115.38556
Opening date1912
Operator(s)Mountain Home Irrigation District
Dam and spillways
ImpoundsLittle Camas Creek
Height44 feet (13 m)
Reservoir
CreatesLittle Camas Reservoir
Total capacity18,800 acre-feet (0.0232 km)

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.

Little Camas Reservoir and the Soldier Mountains

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Little Camas Dam
  2. ^ "NPDP Dam Directory". Stanford University. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
  3. "State of Idaho Water Resource Inventory 2010" (PDF). Idaho Department of Water Resources. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2015. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
  4. Boise National Forest (Map). 1:126720. U.S. Forest Service. 2012.
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