| Chief Joseph Dam | |
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| Location | Douglas and Okanogan counties, Washington, United States |
| Coordinates | 47°59′43″N 119°38′00″W / 47.99528°N 119.63333°W |
| Construction began | 1949 |
| Opening date | 1979 |
| Operator(s) |  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Type of dam | Concrete-gravity, run-of-the-river |
| Impounds | Columbia River |
| Height | 236 ft (72 m)[1] |
| Length | 5,962 ft (1,817 m)[1] |
| Width (crest) | 22 ft (7 m) |
| Width (base) | 164 ft (50 m) |
| Spillway type | Service, gate-controlled |
| Spillway capacity | 6,030 m3/s (212,947 cu ft/s) |
| Reservoir | |
| Creates | Rufus Woods Lake |
| Total capacity | 516,000 acre-foot (636,000,000 m3) |
| Catchment area | 75,400 sq mi (195,285 km2) |
| Surface area | 13.1 sq mi (34 km2) |
| Power Station | |
| Operator(s) | USACE |
| Type | Hydroelectric |
| Turbines | 27 x Francis turbines |
| Installed capacity | 2,620 MW |
| Capacity factor | 42.6% |
| Annual generation | 9,780 GWh (2009)[2] |
| Website U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Chief Joseph Dam | |
The Chief Joseph Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Columbia River, 2.4 km (1.5 mi) upriver from Bridgeport, Washington. The dam is 877 km (545 mi) upriver from the mouth of the Columbia at Astoria, Oregon. It is operated by the USACE Chief Joseph Dam Project Office and the electricity is marketed by the Bonneville Power Administration.
- ^ a b Clean Energy Action Project. "Chief Joseph Dam Hydroelectric Power Plant" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-01-05. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
- ^ "Carbon Monitoring for Action".