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{{Infobox dam
| name                 = Oxbow Dam
| image                = Oxbowdam.jpg
| image_size           = 240
| image_caption        = 
| name_official        = Oxbow Dam
| dam_crosses          = [[Snake River]]
| res_name             = Oxbow Reservoir
| country              = United States
| location             = [[Hells Canyon]],<br>[[Adams County, Idaho]] /<br>[[Baker County, Oregon]]
| location_map         = USA##Idaho
| location_map_size    = 
| location_map_caption = Location in the United States##Location in [[Idaho]]
| operator             = [[Idaho Power Company]]
| dam_length           = 
| dam_height           = {{convert|175|ft}}
| dam_width_base       = 
| construction_began   = 
| opening              = {{start date and age|1961}}<ref name=oxbcom>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-MpeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mzIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1810%2C4689504 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |title=Oxbow completed (photo) |date=November 30, 1961 |page=1, section 2}}</ref>
| cost                 = 
| res_capacity_total   = {{convert|58,200|acre.ft|m3}}
| res_catchment        = {{convert|73300|sqmi}}
| res_surface          = {{convert|1150|acre}}
| coordinates          = {{coord|44|58|15|N|116|50|04|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| plant_capacity       ={{convert|190|MW}}
| plant_annual_gen     ={{convert|1047|GWh}}
| extra                = [[Image:Pacific Northwest River System.png|250px|center|Columbia River Basin dams]]
}}
'''Oxbow Dam''' is a [[Hydroelectricity|hydroelectric]] [[run-of-the-river hydroelectricity|run-of-the-river]] rockfill [[dam]] in the [[Western United States|western]] United States, on the [[Snake River]] in [[Hells Canyon]] ([[river mile]] 273) along the [[Idaho]]-[[Oregon]] border.

==Description==
[[File:Oxbow Hydroelectric dam.jpg|thumb|left|Oxbow Dam power station]]
Completed {{Time ago|1961}} in 1961,<ref name=oxbcom/> the dam is part of the Hells Canyon Project that also includes [[Hells Canyon Dam]] and [[Brownlee Dam]], all built and operated by [[Idaho Power Company]].

The dam's powerhouse contains four generating units with a total nameplate capacity of {{convert|190|MW}}.

Lacking passage for migrating [[salmon]], the three Hells Canyon Project dams blocked access by [[anadromous]] salmonids to a stretch of the Snake River [[drainage basin]] from Hells Canyon Dam up to [[Shoshone Falls]], which naturally prevents any upstream fish passage to the upper Snake River basin.

==Heliport==
'''Oxbow Heliport''' {{Airport codes|||OR83}} is a private {{convert|100|by|100|ft|adj=on}}, turf [[heliport]] owned by Idaho Power.<ref>[http://www.gcr1.com/5010Web/airport.cfm?Site=OR83 FAA 5010 for OR83]</ref>

==See also==
*[[Copperfield, Oregon]]
*[[Oxbow, Oregon]]
*[[List of dams in the Columbia River watershed]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.cbr.washington.edu/crisp/hydro/oxb.html Oxbow Dam], Columbia Basin Research
* [http://www.nwcouncil.org/energy/powersupply/dam-guide/dam?id=19 Oxbow Dam], Northwest Power and Conservation Council
* [https://www.idahopower.com/energy/delivering-power/power-plants/hydroelectric-plants/#tab-1-10 Oxbow Dam], Idaho Power
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[[Category:Dams completed in 1961]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Adams County, Idaho]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Baker County, Oregon]]
[[Category:Dams in Idaho]]
[[Category:Dams in Oregon]]
[[Category:Idaho Power dams]]
[[Category:Dams on the Snake River]]
[[Category:Rock-filled dams]]
[[Category:1961 establishments in Idaho]]
[[Category:1961 establishments in Oregon]]