Ice Harbor Lock and Dam

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Aerial view of Ice Harbor Dam. US Army Corps of Engineers photo.

Ice Harbor Lock and Dam, operated by the US Army Corps of Engineers, is the dam closest to the Columbia River on the Snake River. It is located at River Mile 9.7 (River Kilometer 15.6), approximately 12 miles east of Kennewick, WA. Construction was completed in 1961. Facilities include a powerhouse, spillway, navigation lock, adult fish ladders, and juvenile fish bypass system.

Total Length: 2,822 feet (860 meters)

Spillway Length: 590 feet (180 meters)

Powerhouse Length: 671 feet (204 meters)

Generating Capacity: 603 megawatts (6 generators)

Normal Reservoir Elevation: 437-440 feet (133-134 meters) MSL

Ice Harbor Dam Links

• US Army Corps of Engineers' sites:

Walla Walla District's Ice Harbor Dam Digital Project Notebook

Walla Walla District's Ice Harbor Dam Pertinent Data

Ice Harbor Dam Fact Sheet (pdf)

Water Management Division's Ice Harbor Dam page

Water Management Division's Dataquery tool - historic and current fish, hydrologic, water quality, weather and power generation datasets

Hydroelectric Design Center's Ice Harbor Dam information (pdf)

Adult Fish Count Interactive Reports

2010 Fish Passage Plan

Section 6 - Ice Harbor Dam (pdf)

Appendix A - Special Project Operations and Studies Ice Harbor (pdf)

Appendix G - Protocols for Adult Fish Trapping Operations at Bonneville, Ice Harbor and Lower Granite Dams (pdf)

• Bonneville Power Administration's Ice Harbor Dam page
• Fish Passage Center's Ice Harbor Dam page

PIT Tag Interrogation Site Contacts

Data Steward 

Dave Marvin - Columbia Basin PIT Tag Information System
Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission

Technical POC 

Don Warf - Columbia Basin PIT Tag Information System
Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission

PIT Tag Interrogation Site Locations

Detector locations (highlighted in yellow) for PIT tag interrogation site ICH, Ice Harbor Dam.

PIT Tag Interrogation Site Details

Interrogation has been taking place at Ice Harbor dam since 2003. The first interrogation site (IHA) consisted of detectors in both of the the adult fishways. In 2005 antennas were installed in the juvenile bypass system; the new detectors were combined with the existing interrogation site and it was renamed to ICH.

ICH - Ice Harbor Dam Fishways and Juvenile Bypass

Full Flow Bypass antenna group at PIT tag interrogation site ICH, Ice Harbor Dam. PTAGIS Photo.

This site consists of weir orifice and vertical slot antennas installed in both the North Shore (right) and South Shore (left) ladders, and a Full Flow Bypass antenna group installed in the juvenile bypass system. See the site diagram and site configuration history for antenna group locations.

• Annual Event Logs and Dates of Operation
• Site Page ICH - Ice Harbor Fish Ladders and Juvenile Bypass

Site Configuration History

Config #	Dates of Operation	Antenna Group	Antenna IDs
100	Apr 2005 - Present	Left Ladder Weir 438	01	02
		Left Ladder Weir 437	03	04
		Left Ladder Weir 436	05	06
		Left Ladder Weir 435	07	08
		Right Ladder Weir 438	09	0A
		Right Ladder Weir 437	0B	0C
		Right Ladder Weir 436	0D	0E
		Right Ladder Weir 435	0F	10
		Full Flow Bypass	A1	A2	A3	A4

IHA - Ice Harbor Adult Fishways

South Shore Adult Fishway at Ice Harbor Dam, prior to installation of Full Flow Bypass antenna group. US Army Corps of Engineers photo.

In operation from 2003 to 2005, this site consisted of weir orifice and vertical slot antennas installed in both the north and south adult fishways. These antennas continue to function as part of site ICH.

• Annual Event Logs and Dates of Operation

Site Configuration History

Config #	Dates of Operation	Antenna Group	Antenna IDs
100	Mar 2003 - Apr 2005	Left Ladder Weir 438	01	02
		Left Ladder Weir 437	03	04
		Left Ladder Weir 436	05	06
		Left Ladder Weir 435	07	08
		Right Ladder Weir 438	09	0A
		Right Ladder Weir 437	0B	0C
		Right Ladder Weir 436	0D	0E
		Right Ladder Weir 435	0F	10