List of Sites---Bureau of Reclamation Historic Dams and Water Projects--Managing Water in the West

View from the crest of Hoover Dam during flood gate testing.

Arizona

• Bartlett Dam, near Phoenix (Tonto National Forest) on the Verde River
• Hoover Dam, near Las Vegas (Arizona-Nevada Border) on the Colorado River
• Laguna Dam District, near Yuma on the Colorado River
• Parker Dam, near Lake Havasu City (Arizona-California Border) on the Colorado River

Shasta Dam is on the Sacramento River in northern California.

California

• Shasta Dam, near Redding on the Sacramento River
• Parker Dam, near Lake Havasu City (Arizona-California Border) on the Colorado River

Colorado
• Gunnison Tunnel, the West Portal is near Montrose and the East Portal is in the Black Canyon of Gunnison National Park

Minidoka’s spillway is made of concrete and stretches 2,300 feet long, or nearly one-half of a mile. In the fall of 2011, Reclamation was to begin construction a new spillway.

Idaho

• Anderson Ranch Dam and Powerplant, near Mountain Home on the
Boise River
• Arrowrock Dam, near Boise on the Boise River
• Minidoka Dam and Power House, near Twin Falls on the Snake River

Montana

• Gibson Dam, near Great Falls on the Sun River
• Hungry Horse Dam, near Kalispell on the South Fork of the Flathead
River

The Derby Diversion Dam diverts Truckee River water into the Truckee Canal, which carries it south to increase the flow available for irrigating farms in the Carson River’s Lahontan Valley.

Nevada

• Derby Diversion Dam, near Reno on the Truckee River
• Hoover Dam, near Las Vegas (Arizona-Nevada Border) on the Colorado River
• Lahontan Dam and Power Station , near Fallon on the Carson River

Elephant Butte Dam.
New Mexico

• Avalon Dam, near Carlsbad on the Pecos River
• Elephant Butte Dam and Spillway, near Truth or Consequences on the Rio Grande River
• Leasburg Diversion Dam, near Las Cruces on the Rio Grande River
• Percha Diversion Dam, near Truth or Consequences on the Rio Grande River

Oregon

• Owyhee Dam, near Nyssa on the Owyhee River

The geographic center of the United States is near the town and dam of Belle Fourche.

South Dakota

• Belle Fourche Dam, near Belle Fourche on Owl Creek

Water is flowing over the Grand Coulee Dam for the first time in many years due to unusually high water levels. Photo taken on June 23, 2010.

Washington

• Grand Coulee Dam, near Spokane on the Columbia River
• Tieton Dam, near Yakima on the Tieton River

Pathfinder Dam on the North Platte River.

Wyoming

•Buffalo Bill Dam, near Cody on the Shoshone River
•Glendo Dam, near Glendo on the North Platte River
•Guernsey Dam, near Guernsey on the North Platte River
•Pathfinder Dam, near Casper on the North Platte River