| Priest Rapids Dam | |
|---|---|
 The dam's spillway in June 1973. | |
| Location | Grant / Yakima counties, Washington |
| Coordinates | 46°38′35″N 119°54′34″W / 46.6431876°N 119.9094884°W |
| Construction began | July 1956 |
| Opening date | 1959 (First Generation) 1961 (Full Completion) |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Impounds | Columbia River |
| Height | 178 ft (54 m) |
| Length | 10,103 ft (3,079 m) |
| Reservoir | |
| Creates | Priest Rapids Lake |
| Total capacity | 237,100 acre⋅ft (0.2925 km3) |
| Power Station | |
| Turbines | 10[1] |
| Installed capacity | 955.6 MW[2] |
Priest Rapids Dam is a hydroelectric, concrete gravity dam; located on the Columbia River, between the Yakima Firing Range and the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, and bridges Yakima County and Grant County, in the U.S. state of Washington. The dam is 24 miles south of the town of Vantage, and 47 miles northwest of the city of Richland. It is located at mile marker 397.1 from the mouth of the Columbia. It is owned by the Grant County Public Utility District (PUD). Priest Rapids, for which the dam was named, are now submerged beneath the dam's reservoir.
Priest Rapids Dam is part of the Columbia River Basin system of dams.
- ^ "Priest Rapids Dam at Grant County PUD". Archived from the original on 2012-12-30. Retrieved 2011-07-04.
- ^ "Grant County PUD". Archived from the original on 2012-11-30. Retrieved 2011-07-04.