Lower Granite Lock and Dam

Pertinent Data


General
Location:
State
County
River
River Mile
Township
Range
Section
Latitude
Longitude
Washington
Garfield and Whitman
Snake
107.5
14 N
43 E
32
46° 39' 37"
117° 25' 37"
River miles from mouth of Snake River 107.5
River miles upstream from Little Goose Dam 37.2
OwnerU.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District
Authorized PurposePower generation and inland navigation
Other UsesFlood control (maintain levee freeboard at Lewiston), fishery, and recreation
Type of ProjectRun-of-river
Real Estate:
Fee acquisition land above pool elevation 738, acres 9,224

Reservoir
NameLower Granite Lake1
Elevations (Feet Mean Sea Level):
Maximum at dam for spillway design flood
Normal operating range at confluence gage (RM 139.5)
Minimum at dam for standard project flood
746.5
738 to 733
724
Length, miles:
Snake River (to Asotin damsite, RM 146.8)
Clearwater River
39.3
4.6
Length of shoreline, miles91
Average width, miles0.3
Maximum width, miles0.6
Surface area at elevation 738 (low flow, flat pool), acres 8,900
Storage below flat pool elevation 738, acre-feet 483,800
Storage below flat pool elevation 733, acre-feet 440,200
Storage between elevation 733 and 73843,600
Height normal high pool to tailwater elevation 638 (low flow, 30,000 cfs or less), feet100

Levees
Top width, feet12
Slopes, waterside and landside1V on 2H
MaterialsGravel and earth fill with impervious core
Top elevation5 feet above backwater profile for standard project flood
Embankment length, miles:
Lewiston8.6
Installed pumping capacity, cfs:
Lewiston levees450.4

Dam (General)
Axis (Lambert)N 32° 00'E
Length and Widths, feet:
Dam total length at crest
North abutment embankment
South non-overflow monoliths
Spillway overall length
Spillway to powerhouse non-overflow
Powerhouse overall length
Spillway to navigation lock non-overflow
Navigation lock overall width at foundation
Navigation lock overall width at deck
3,200
1,435
32.2
512
43.4
656
43.4
304
186
Concrete Heights, feet:
Maximum overall concrete height (powerhouse sump deck to deck)
Maximum non-overflow monoliths height:
  • North
  • Central
  • South
Maximum lock wall monolith height (culverts to deck)
254


151
166
181

191
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
751
746
656
656
756

Spillway
Number of Bays8
Overall length, feet (abutment centerlines) 512
Deck elevation, feet msl751
Ogee crest elevation, feet msl681
Flip lip elevation630
Control gates:
Type
Size
Tainter
50'W x 60'H
Gantry crane (joint use with powerhouse) capacity, tons 100
Stilling basin length, feet188
Stilling basin elevation, feet msl580
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, feet 243.17
Intake deck elevation, feet msl751
Tailrace deck elevation, feet msl656
Maximum height (draft tube invert to intake deck), feet 228
Turbines:
Type
Runner diameter, inches
Revolutions per minute
Rating horsepower
Distributor centerline elevation
Kaplan, 6-blade
312
90
212,400
599
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, feet674
Net clear width, lock chamber, feet86
Upstream gate:
Type
Height, feet
Submersible tainter
23
Downstream gate:
Type
Height, feet
Miter
122
Operating water surface elevations in chamber 633 to 738
Maximum operating lock lift, feet105
Lift, feet (riverflow 300,000 cfs, practical navigation limit) 88.2
Length of guidewalls (from face of gate), feet:
Upstream (floating)
Downstream
750
700
Downstream approach channel:
Width, feet
Bottom elevation
250
617
Minimum tailwater elevation633.0
Lower lock sill elevation, feet618.0
Upper lock sill elevation, feet718.0
Maximum depth over sills, feet20.0
Minimum depth over sills, feet15.0

Abutment Embankment
Embankment elevation756
Embankment top width, feet45
MaterialGravel fill 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 2
Upstream migrants fish ladder:
Number of fish ladders
Slope
  • Weir 634 to Weir 627
  • Weir 728 to Weir 737

Ladder clear width, feet
Design capacity, cfs
1


1V on 10H
1 V on 32H


20
75
Exit Channel:
Location

Top of trashrack
Invert
Width, feet
Between weir 737 and pool
in non-overflow section
El. 732
El 727
6
Alternative exit channel (pool elevation below 727):
Exit pipe to reservoir18-inch-diameter full plastic pipe
down to El. 718, and a half-round
plastic pipe down to El. 710
Operating elevations:
Design range:
Pool elevations
Tailwater elevations
Riverflow
733 to 738
633 to 642
0 to 225,000 cfs
Maximum operating range:
Pool elevations
Tailwater elevations
Riverflow
732 to 739
633 to 645.4
0 to 340,000 cfs
Adult fish trap and handling facility1
Pumps for fishway system attraction water:
Number
Capacity, cfs
3
3,150
Downstream migrants bypass system:
Design pool range
Design capacity, cfs
Extended-length Submerged Bar Screens
Vertical barrier fish screens
Orifices from bulkhead and fish screen slots:
  • Number
  • Size (diameter in inches)
Fingerling collection gallery
Fingerling transportation pipe
733 to 738
200 to 250
18
18


36, 36
10, 12

1
1
Fingerling holding and sampling facility1
Fingerling transportation facilities:
Truck loading facility
Barge loading facility
1
1

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