Little Goose Dam

Little Goose Dam
From the north side of the Snake River
Location in the United States
Location in Washington
CountryUnited States
LocationColumbia / Whitman counties, Washington
Coordinates46°35′13″N 118°01′41″W / 46.587°N 118.028°W / 46.587; -118.028
Construction beganJune 1963
Opening date1970 (1970)
Operator(s)U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers
Dam and spillways
Type of damConcrete-gravity,
run-of-the-river
Height98 ft (30 m)
Length2,655 ft (809 m)
Elevation at crest643 ft (196 m) AMSL
Spillway typeService, gate-controlled
Reservoir
CreatesLake Bryan
Total capacity516,300 acre⋅ft (0.637 km3)
Surface area10,025 acres (40.57 km2)
Power Station
Turbines6 units x 135–153 MW (181,000–205,000 hp)
Installed capacity932 MW (1,250,000 hp)

Little Goose Lock and Dam is a hydroelectric, concrete, run-of-the-river dam in the northwest United States, on the lower Snake River in southeast Washington. At the dam, the river is the border between Columbia and Whitman counties; it is nine miles (14 km) northeast of Starbuck and 25 miles (40 km) north of Dayton.