C. J. Strike Dam

Infobox_Dam
dam_name = C.J. Strike Dam


caption =
crosses = Snake River
reservoir = C. J. Strike Reservoir
locale = Idaho
maint = Idaho Power Company [http://npdp.stanford.edu/DamDirectory/DamDetail.jsp?npdp_id=ID00054 C J Strike Dam] , NPDP Dam Directory]
length = 3,220 feet (981 m)
height = 115 feet (35 m)
width =
began = 1950 [http://www.idahopower.com/riversrec/relicensing/cjstrike/ C.J. Strike Project] , Idaho Power]
open = 1952
cost =
reservoir_capacity = 247,000 acre feet (305,000,000 m³)
reservoir_catchment = 40,800 sq mi (105,672 km²)
reservoir_surface = 7,500 acres (30 km²)
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coordinates = coord|42|56|54|N|115|58|30|W|region:US_type:landmark Gnis|398659|C J Strike Dam, USGS, GNIS]
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C. J. Strike Dam is an earth-fill type hydroelectric dam on the Snake River, just below the Bruneau River confluence, in the U.S. state of Idaho. Its location is near Grand View, Idaho. Its impoundment extends 36 miles up the Snake River and 12 miles (19 km²) up the Bruneau River. [http://www.idahopower.com/riversrec/relicensing/cjstrike/status.htm CJ Strike Project Status] , Idaho Power]

The dam's powerplant has a nameplate capacity of 82.8 MW.

The dam was named after Clifford J. Strike, the general manager of Idaho Power Company from 1938 to 1948.

Due to the poor fish passage performance of Swan Falls Dam, the C.J. Strike Dam, upriver from Swan Falls, was built without fish passage facilities. Thus the two dams combined to became the first artificial barrier to anadromous fish migration up the Snake River. Today Hells Canyon Dam is the first total barrier to fish migration on the Snake. [http://www.nwcouncil.org/fw/subbasinplanning/lowermidsnake/plan/ Middle Snake Subbasin Plan] , Northwest Power and Conservation Council]

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