| Oxbow Dam | |
|---|---|
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  Location in the United States  Location in Idaho | |
| Official name | Oxbow Dam |
| Country | United States |
| Location | Hells Canyon, Adams County, Idaho / Baker County, Oregon |
| Coordinates | 44°58′15″N 116°50′04″W / 44.97083°N 116.83444°W |
| Opening date | 1961[1] |
| Operator(s) | Idaho Power Company |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Impounds | Snake River |
| Height | 175 feet (53 m) |
| Reservoir | |
| Creates | Oxbow Reservoir |
| Total capacity | 58,200 acre-feet (71,800,000 m3) |
| Catchment area | 73,300 square miles (190,000 km2) |
| Surface area | 1,150 acres (470 ha) |
| Power Station | |
| Installed capacity | 190 megawatts (250,000 hp) |
| Annual generation | 1,047 gigawatt-hours (3,770 TJ) |
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Oxbow Dam is a hydroelectric run-of-the-river rockfill dam in the western United States, on the Snake River in Hells Canyon (river mile 273) along the Idaho-Oregon border.
- ^ "Oxbow completed (photo)". Lewiston Morning Tribune. November 30, 1961. p. 1, section 2.