Palisades Reservoir
- Lake name:
- Palisades Reservoir
- Location:
- Idaho
- HydroLAKE ID:
- 9073
- GRanD ID:
- 396
- Latitude:
- 43.330514
- Longitude:
- -111.202028
- Surface area (km2):
- 59.6
- Basin type:
- reservoir
- Dam completion date:
- 1956
- Management agency:
- Idaho Department of Fish and Game; U.S. Forest Service; U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
- Lake use:
- irrigation hydroelectricity flood control recreation fisheries
- Region associations:
- Caribou-Targhee National Forest; South Fork Snake River; Upper Snake River Basin
- Comments:
- Near the Wyoming border.
Summary of Surveys (2)
Survey Citation:
Trost, C. H. 1985. Status and distribution of colonial nesting waterbirds in Idaho, 1985. 110.
-
Type
shore -
Time period
30 June 1984 -
Source
Report -
Both Western and Clarks?
N
| Count Type | Range | Max | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max Adults | 1 to 100 | 6 | 1984 |
| Most Recent Adults | 1 to 100 | 6 | 1984 |
| Max Nests | 1 to 100 | 5 | 1984 |
| Most Recent Nests | 1 to 100 | 5 | 1984 |
| Max Chicks | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Most Recent Chicks | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Comments:
Source is this study.
Survey Citation:
Trost, C. H., A. Gerstell. 1994. Status and distribution of colonial nesting waterbirds in southern Idaho, 1993. 110.
-
Type
shore -
Time period
19 June 1993 -
Source
Report -
Both Western and Clarks?
N
| Count Type | Range | Max | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max Adults | 1 to 100 | 5 | 1993 |
| Most Recent Adults | 1 to 100 | 5 | 1993 |
| Max Nests | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Most Recent Nests | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Max Chicks | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Most Recent Chicks | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Comments:
Source is this study.
Sources of Information
- Messager, M. L., B. Lehner, G. Grill, I. Nedeva, and O. Schmitt. 2016. Estimating the volume and age of water stored in global lakes using a geo-statistical approach. Nature Communications 7:13603. Data is available at www.hydrosheds.org.; Lehner, B., C. Reidy Liermann, C. Revenga, C. Vorosmarty, B. Fekete, P. Crouzet, P. Doll, M. Endejan, K. Frenken, J. Magome, C. Nilsson, J.C. Robertson, R. Rodel, N. Sindorf, and D. Wisser. 2011. Global Reservoir and Dam Database, Version 1 (GRanDv1): Dams, Revision 01. Palisades, New York: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC).
- Lehner, B., C. Reidy Liermann, C. Revenga, C. Vorosmarty, B. Fekete, P. Crouzet, P. Doll, M. Endejan, K. Frenken, J. Magome, C. Nilsson, J.C. Robertson, R. Rodel, N. Sindorf, and D. Wisser. 2011. Global Reservoir and Dam Database, Version 1 (GRanDv1): Dams, Revision 01. Palisades, New York: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC).
- Palisades Reservoir Recreation - U.S. Forest Service
- Palisades Dam
- Palisades Reservoir Fisheries
- Palisades Reservoir Recreation
- Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) for Lake Earl