Palisades Dam
Dam in Bonneville County, Idaho · South Fork Snake River · forms Palisades Reservoir
Height
270 ft
82 m (NID height)
Length
2,100 ft
640 m
Completed
1957
Palisades Reservoir today
5,516.55 ft
7 days ▲ 1.52 ft
Normal storage
1,401,000 acre-ft
Normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 2:00 AM MDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Irrigation; Recreation; Hydroelectric
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 270 ft
- Owner
- BUREAU OF RECLAMATION (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 1,417,810 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 16,230 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 250 ft
- Drainage area
- 5,137 sq mi
- Spillway
- Controlled, 40 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Walla Walla District
- Also known as
- Palisades Reservoir
- NID ID
- ID00273
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 6, 2026. Search NID ID ID00273 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.