Catalog Record
Black Canyon Reservoir, Diversion Dam, and Powerplant (EMM) Water Operations Monitoring Data from Columbia-Pacific Northwest Water Operations Monitoring
Columbia-Pacific Northwest Water Operations Monitoring Data for Black Canyon Reservoir, Diversion Dam, and Powerplant (EMM).
Generation Effort
Columbia-Pacific Northwest Water Operations Monitoring
Themes
Water
Reclamation Project
Boise Project
Reclamation Program
Location Information
Location Description
Black Canyon Diversion Dam, on the Payette River near Emmett, Idaho, is a concrete gravity type dam with an ogee overflow spillway and was originally constructed from 1922 to 1924. The dam serves to divert water to the Payette Division through Black Canyon Canal. The two unit powerplant supplies power to irrigation loads in the Boise, Owyhee, and Minidoka Projects as part of Reclamation's Southern Idaho Power System. Columbia Basin Teletype (CBTT) = EMM.
Location Parent
State(s)
Idaho
Unified Region(s)
Columbia-Pacific Northwest
Timezone
MT
Elevation
2,411 ft
Vertical Datum
NAVD88
Coordinates (lat, long)
(43.93049931, -116.4371049)
Horizontal Datum
WGS84
