Little Goose Dam

Little Goose Dam
From the north side of the Snake River
Little Goose Dam is located in the United States
Little Goose Dam
Location in the United States
Little Goose Dam is located in Washington (state)
Little Goose Dam
Location in Washington
CountryUnited States
LocationColumbia / Whitman counties, Washington
Coordinates46°35′13″N 118°01′41″W / 46.587°N 118.028°W / 46.587; -118.028
Construction beganJune 1963
Opening date1970; 54 years ago (1970)
Operator(s)U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers
Dam and spillways
Type of damConcrete-gravity,
run-of-the-river
Height98 ft (30 m)
Length2,655 ft (809 m)
Elevation at crest643 ft (196 m) AMSL
Spillway typeService, gate-controlled
Reservoir
CreatesLake Bryan
Total capacity516,300 acre⋅ft (0.637 km3)[1]
Surface area10,025 acres (40.57 km2)
Power Station
Turbines6 units x 135–153 MW (181,000–205,000 hp)
Installed capacity932 MW (1,250,000 hp)
Columbia River Basin
Columbia River Basin

Little Goose Lock and Dam is a hydroelectric, concrete, run-of-the-river dam in the northwest United States, on the lower Snake River in southeast Washington. At the dam, the river is the border between Columbia and Whitman counties;[2] it is nine miles (14 km) northeast of Starbuck and 25 miles (40 km) north of Dayton.

  1. ^ "The Four Lower Snake River Dams". Bluefish.org. Retrieved July 17, 2010.
  2. ^ "The Columbia River System Inside Story" (PDF). BPA.gov. pp. 14–15. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 27, 2010. Retrieved July 17, 2010.