Lucky Peak Dam
Construction began in November 1949 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Most of the federal dams in southern Idaho, including the others on the Boise River, were built by the Bureau of Reclamation, not the Corps of Engineers. The Idaho Power Company, a private utility, built multiple hydroelectric dams on the Snake River.
Located along State Highway 21, ten miles (16 km) upstream from the city of Boise, it was built without hydroelectric power generation. Construction of the powerhouse began in 1984 and it became operational in 1988, generating electricity primarily for Seattle City Light.
The dam was named after a nearby mountain in the Boise Range, about four miles (6 km) north of the dam (43°36′18″N 116°03′43″W / 43.605°N 116.062°W). The summit elevation of Lucky Peak mountain (a.k.a. Shaw Mountain) is 5,904 feet (1,800 m).
The dam forms Lucky Peak Lake and is surrounded by Lucky Peak State Park.
The dam is also in close proximity to the Lucky Peak Dam Zeolite Occurrence.
Gallery
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Lucky Peak Dam
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Lucky Peak Lake from Idaho highway 21
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Lucky Peak Lake in April 2010
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lucky Peak Dam
- ^ Lucky Peak Dam Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine, NPDP Dam Directory
- ^ "Service Projects Summary". AEHydro. Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
- ^ "Hydropower". Barker Rosholt & Simpson, LLP. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ USACE - Lucky Peak - Pertinent Data Archived 2009-06-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ USACE - Lucky Peak Reservoir Archived 2009-06-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Lucky Peak". idahoalpinezone.com. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
- ^ "Lucky Peak Dam, Ada Co., Idaho, USA". Mindat.org. Mindat. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
External links
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Lucky Peak Dam & Lake
- U.S. Bureau of Reclamation - Idaho facilities
- Seattle City Light - a brief history
- Bureau of Reclamation - major storage reservoirs in the Boise & Payette River basins - current levels & flows