Little Goose Lock and Dam

Pertinent Data


General
Location:
State
County
River
River Mile
Washington
Columbia and Whitman
Snake
70.3
River miles upstream from Ice Harbor Dam 28.7
OwnerU.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District
Authorized PurposePower generation and inland navigation
Other UsesFishery and recreation
Type of ProjectRun-of-river
Real Estate:
Fee acquisition land above pool elevation 638, acres 11,179

Reservoir
NameLake Bryant1
Elevations (Feet Mean Sea Level):
Maximum at dam for spillway design flood
Normal operating range gauged at dam
646.5
638 to 633
At Pool Elevation 638:
Length, miles
Length of shoreline, miles
Average width, miles
Maximum width, miles
Surface area (low flow, 30,000 cfs or less), acres
37.2
92
0.4
0.8
10,025
Storage below elevation 638 (low flow), acre-feet 565,200
Storage below elevation 633 (low flow), acre-feet 516,300
Storage between elevations 633 and 638 48,900
Height normal high pool elevation 638 to tailwater elevation 540 (low flow, 30,000 cfs or less), feet98

Dam (General)
Axis (Lambert)N 10° 57'W
Length and Widths, feet:
Dam total length at crest
North abutment embankment
North non-overflow monoliths length
Spillway overall length (between abutment centerline)
Spillway to powerhouse non-overflow
Powerhouse overall length
Powerhouse to navigation lock non-overflow length
Navigation lock overall width
2,655
878.5
189
512
48.5
656
57
328
Concrete Heights, feet:
Maximum overall concrete height (powerhouse sump deck to deck)
Maximum non-overflow monoliths height (north)
Maximum lock wall monolith height (culverts to deck)
253
200
165
Deck elevations, feet msl
Intake, spillway bridge, non-overflow sections, and upstream end of navigation lock
Downstream end of navigation lock
South shore fish ladder
Tailrace and fishwater intake
North abutment embankment
651
646
558
558
656

Spillway
Number of Bays8
Overall length, feet (abutment centerlines) 512
Deck elevation, feet msl651
Ogee crest elevation, feet msl581
Flip lip elevation532
Control gates:
Type
Size
Tainter
50'W x 60'H
Gantry crane (joint use with powerhouse) capacity, tons 100
Stilling basin length, feet118
Stilling basin elevation, feet msl466.5
Maximum design capacity, cfs850,000

Powerhouse
Length overall, feet656
Spacing, feet:
Units 1 through 5
Unit 6
Erection and service bay
90
96
110
Width overall, transverse section, feet243
Maximum height (draft tube invert to intake deck), feet 226
Turbines:
Type
Runner diameter, inches
Revolutions per minute
Rating horsepower
Distributor centerline elevation
Kaplan, 6-blade
312
90
212,400
501
Generators:
Rating (nameplates), kilowatts
Power factor
Kilovolt ampere rating
135,000
0.95
142,100
Units installed complete initially3
Skeleton units provided initially3
Total units now installed6
Plant capacity, nameplate rating, kilowatts 810,000
Crane capacities, tons:
Intake (joint use with spillway)
Bridge
Draft tube gantry
100
600
50

Navigation Lock and Channels
Net clear length, lock chamber, feet668
Net clear width, lock chamber, feet86
Operating water surface elevations in chamber 537 to 638
Maximum operating lock lift, feet101
Upstream gate:
Type
Height, feet
Submersible tainter
22
Downstream gate:
Type
Height, feet
Miter
85
Length of guidewalls (from face of gate), feet:
Upstream (floating)
Downstream
665
700
Downstream approach channel:
Width, feet
Bottom elevation
250
521
Lower lock sill elevation, feet522
Upper lock sill elevation, feet618
Maximum depth over sills, feet20
Minimum depth over sills, feet15

Abutment Embankment
Embankment elevation656
Embankment top width, feet43
MaterialGravel ill with rock facing impervious silt core
Upstream
Downstream
Combination sand and gravel filters
Gravel and sand filters
Slope, upstream1V on 2H
Slope, downstream1V on 2H

Fish Facilities
Upstream migrants fish ladder:
Number of fish ladders
Slope
Ladder clear width, feet
Design capacity, cfs
1
1V on 10H
20
75
Exit Channel:
Location
Top of trashrack elevation
Invert elevation
Width
Between weir 637 and pool in non-overflow section
632
627
6 feet
Normal operating range:
Pool elevations
Tailwater elevations
Riverflow
633 to 638
537 to 544
0 to 225,000 cfs
Maximum operating range:
Pool elevations
Tailwater elevations
Riverflow
632 to 639
537 to 547.5
0 to 340,000 cfs
Pumps for fish attraction water:
Number
Rated capacity, cfs
3
2,550
Downstream migrants:
Traveling fish screens
Fingerling collection gallery
Fingerling transportation pipe
Fingerling handling facility
Fingerling transportation facilities:
  • Truck loading facility
  • Barge loading facility

Design pool range
18
1
1
1


1
1


633 to 638

Hydrologic Data
(Based on streamflow data for the Snake River near Clarkston, Washington)
Drainage area, square miles103,200
Period of RecordOctober 1915 to September 1972 (Discontinued in December 1972)
Discharges, cfs:
Instantaneous maximum of record, 29 May 1948
Instantaneous minimum of record, 2 September 1958
Average annual flow
Average annual mean daily peak flow
369,000
6,660
50,300
188,300
Extreme outside period of record:
Flood of June 1894
Flood of June 1894, controlled by existing projects
409,000
295,000
Standard project flood, controlled by existing projects:
Snake River below Clearwater River
Snake River above Clearwater River
Clearwater River above Snake River
420,000
295,000
150,000
Spillway design flood850,000

1For the purpose of continuity with existing Little Goose Lock and Dam documents, the use of the term "pool" or "reservoir"
is used interchangeably. The term "lake" is used only to designate a geographical body of water.


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