Location
Palisades Reservoir, Dam, and Powerplant (PAL)
Palisades Dam is located on the Snake River about 55 miles southeast of Idaho Falls, Idaho. It is a large zoned earthfill structure and was constructed from 1951 to 1957. Palisades Powerplant serves large irrigation pumping power requirements on and near the Minidoka Project in southern Idaho. The powerplant is on the downstream toe of the dam on the west side of the river and has four units. Columbia Basin Teletype (CBTT) = PAL.
Location Parent
State(s)
Idaho
Unified Region(s)
Columbia-Pacific Northwest
Reclamation Region(s) (Legacy)
Pacific Northwest
Timezone
MT
Elevation
5,633 ft
Vertical Datum
NAVD88
Coordinates (lat, long)
(43.330518, -111.206346)
Horizontal Datum
WGS84

