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Rapid ID

Lucky Peak Dam

Boise - Downtown Boise (ID)

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Gauge Conditions

Boise River at Glenwood Bridge near Boise ID Downstream Primary

Runnable: 1,500.0 – 3,000.0 CFS

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

Photo

Photo courtesy of American Whitewater

Description

Located upstream of the reach that is typically boated, Lucky Peak Dam is a 340' high rolled earth and gravel fill embankment dam constructed in the early 1950s, The dam's primary purpose is flood control, with a secondary purpose of irrigation. It also produces up to 101 MW of hydropower (P-2832).