List of dam removals in Idaho

This is a list of dams in Idaho that have been removed as physical impediments to free-flowing rivers or streams.

Completed removals

Dam^[1]	Height	Year removed	Location	Watercourse	Watershed	Notes
Cove Dam	26 ft (7.9 m)	2006	Grace 42°31′55″N 111°47′46″W / 42.532°N 111.796°W / 42.532; -111.796 (Cove Dam)	Bear River	Bear River	Hydropower dam owned by PacifiCorp.
Dip Creek Dam			Ketchum 43°45′14″N 114°22′55″W / 43.754°N 114.382°W / 43.754; -114.382 (Dip Creek Dam)	Dip Creek	Big Wood River
Lindernam Dam	26 ft (7.9 m)		Fremont County 43°45′44″N 116°27′36″W / 43.7622°N 116.46°W / 43.7622; -116.46 (Lindernam Dam)	Milk Creek	Boise River
Lewiston Dam	45 ft (14 m)	1973	Lewiston 46°26′01″N 116°57′32″W / 46.4335°N 116.959°W / 46.4335; -116.959 (Lewiston Dam)	Clearwater River	Clearwater River
Grangeville Dam (Harpster Dam)	56 ft (17 m)	1963	Idaho County 45°54′32″N 116°00′29″W / 45.9089°N 116.0080°W / 45.9089; -116.0080 (Grangeville Dam)	South Fork Clearwater River		This 440 ft (130 m) long arched concrete hydroelectric dam was constructed by the Washington Water Power Company in 1911. A wooden fish ladder had been installed but it collapsed in 1949. The dam was removed in the interest of fish passage and since the hydropower facilities had become obsolete. The dam was destroyed by dynamite at 6:35 PM on August 19, 1963, following two prior detonations that day which had failed to collapse the structure.^[2] At the time, the dam was the largest ever to be removed, a record which stood for decades.^[3]
Dutch Flat Dam	10 ft (3.0 m)	2013	Troy 46°44′34″N 116°47′06″W / 46.7428°N 116.785°W / 46.7428; -116.785 (Dutch Flat Dam)	West Fork Little Bear Creek		Drinking water reservoir dam owned by the City of Troy.
Unnamed ford (Road 5440)		2009	Clearwater National Forest 46°45′48″N 115°05′13″W / 46.7633°N 115.087°W / 46.7633; -115.087 (Unnamed ford (Road 5440))	Independence Creek
Lane Dam			Boundary County 48°39′48″N 116°17′49″W / 48.6632°N 116.297°W / 48.6632; -116.297 (Lane Dam)	Elkhorn Gulch	Kootenai River
Timber Creek Dam		1970	Salmon–Challis National Forest 44°34′50″N 113°27′59″W / 44.5805°N 113.4665°W / 44.5805; -113.4665 (Timber Creek Dam)	Middle Fork Little Timber Creek	Lemhi River
Pancheri Diversion Dam		2010	Howe 44°07′10″N 113°14′49″W / 44.1194°N 113.247°W / 44.1194; -113.247 (Pancheri Diversion Dam)	Little Lost River	Little Lost River
High Plains Estates	16 ft (4.9 m)	2013	Eagle 43°46′09″N 116°27′33″W / 43.7691°N 116.4593°W / 43.7691; -116.4593 (High Plains Estates)	Tributary to Farmers Union Canal	Payette River
Browns Pond - Cruzen	25 ft (7.6 m)		McCall 44°54′52″N 115°58′48″W / 44.9144°N 115.9799°W / 44.9144; -115.9799 (Browns Pond - Cruzen)	Lake Fork
Malony Lake Dam		1986	Payette National Forest 44°52′31″N 115°54′09″W / 44.8753°N 115.9025°W / 44.8753; -115.9025 (Malony Lake Dam)	South Fork Lake Fork
Colburn Mill Pond Dam	12 ft (3.7 m)	1999	Sandpoint 48°24′24″N 116°31′44″W / 48.4068°N 116.529°W / 48.4068; -116.529 (Colburn Mill Pond Dam)	Colburn Creek	Pend Oreille River
Red Ives Dam	5 ft (1.5 m)	2021	Shoshone County 47°03′28″N 115°20′32″W / 47.0577°N 115.3421°W / 47.0577; -115.3421 (Red Ives Dam)	Red Ives Creek	Saint Joe River	Dam was built to provide hydropower for a U.S. Forest Service ranger station.
Buster Lake Dam	29 ft (8.8 m)		Challis 44°26′19″N 114°25′01″W / 44.4387°N 114.417°W / 44.4387; -114.417 (Buster Lake Dam)	Garden Creek	Salmon River
Sunbeam Dam		1931	Sawtooth National Forest 44°16′14″N 114°44′10″W / 44.2706°N 114.7362°W / 44.2706; -114.7362 (Sunbeam Dam)	Salmon River
Kshmitter Dam		1988		Tributary to John Day Creek
Hoffman Duffy Dam	9.5 ft (2.9 m)	2014	Mountain Home 43°11′11″N 115°35′20″W / 43.1865°N 115.589°W / 43.1865; -115.589 (Hoffman Duffy Dam)	Tributary to Rattlesnake Creek	Snake River	Livestock pond dam.
Kunkel Dam		1994	Twin Falls 42°13′36″N 114°31′27″W / 42.2266°N 114.5241°W / 42.2266; -114.5241 (Kunkel Dam)	Soldier Creek	Snake River
Watts Lake Dam			Nez Perce County 43°55′40″N 111°23′09″W / 43.9277°N 111.3859°W / 43.9277; -111.3859 (Watts Lake Dam)	Hatwai Creek	Teton River
Packsaddle Dam	40 ft (12 m)	1916	Tetonia 43°46′13″N 111°20′22″W / 43.7704°N 111.3394°W / 43.7704; -111.3394 (Packsaddle Dam)	North Fork Packsaddle Creek	Teton River

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References

^ Rivers, American (13 February 2023). "American Rivers Dam Removal Database". Figshare. American Rivers. doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.5234068.v10. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
^ Winter, Brian D. (April 1990). "A Brief Review of Dam Removal Efforts in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and California" (PDF). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
^ McCully, Patrick (1996). "Getting Old: Dam Aging and Decommissioning". International Rivers. Zed Books. Retrieved 8 September 2023.

[ardrd-1] Rivers, American (13 February 2023). "American Rivers Dam Removal Database". Figshare. American Rivers. doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.5234068.v10. Retrieved 25 August 2023.

[2] Winter, Brian D. (April 1990). "A Brief Review of Dam Removal Efforts in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and California" (PDF). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 8 September 2023.

[3] McCully, Patrick (1996). "Getting Old: Dam Aging and Decommissioning". International Rivers. Zed Books. Retrieved 8 September 2023.

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