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POTENTIAL WATER POWER
STATE OF' ALASKA
JANUARY 1962
u. s. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
ALASKA DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS
BOX 2567
J U N E A U, A L A S K A
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ALASKA Hl'"!JRO POTENTIAL
JANUARY 1962
SITES OF 4 900KJ/ OR HORE CF PRINE POHER CAPABILITY
Area
No. of Kilowatts
Sites Prime Power
YUKON RIVER R\SIN 9 6, 160, 000
COPPER RH'ER B'l.SIN 14 2, 611,000
r:U1l·:OKFIH RIVER BASIN 2 1,690,000
SUSITITA HIVER BASIN 18 1,401,000
T .\NANA HIVER BASIN 17 461,000
AREA 5 386,000
SOUTH' 1';STEr.N AL\8KA 14 381,000
TYONEI\ ARJ':A 2 201, 000
KENAI PENIIJSULA 8 190,000
RDTER BASIN 6 139,000
SFYARD PENINS1Jl.A 6 88,000
KODIAK ISLAIJD 4 32,000
AL~SKA 42 585,000
TOTAL 147 14,325,000
Annual Prime
Production
Kilowatt-hours
53,961,600,000
22,872,400,000
14,804,400,000
12,272,800,000
4, 038,400,000
3,381,406,000
3,337,600,000
1,760,800,000
1,664,400,000
1,217,600,000
770,900,000
280,300,000
~ .124, 600 '1000
125,487,000,000
YUKON -TAIYA PI10,JE::T 2, 700,000 K1'J 23,652,000,000 KvJH
GRAND TOTAL 16,421,ooo KH 143 ,848,ooo,ooo nm
Note: Development of Yukon -Taiya Project reduces Rampart to
2, 800' 000 Kl:J.
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ALASKAN
POTENTIAL HYDROELECTRIC PO' !ER SITES
Name of Site
Col ville River
Kukpuk River
Upper Canyon
Igichuk
Kobuk River
Candle
Kugruk River
Tuksuk Gorge
Salmon Lake
Fish River
Koyuk River
Hhite River
Forty hile River
:,roodchopper
Nelozitna River
l\Towitna River
Rampart
ARTIC AREA
Kilowatts
Quadrangle Location Prime Capacitl
Ikpikup River
Point Hope
Baird 1.lountain
Noatak
Hughes
TOTAL ARCTIC AREA
SET JA.."W PENINSULA
Candle
Kotzebue
Teller
Solomon
Solomon
Candle
D-6
A-2
A-2
D-6
D-3
A-5
103,000
10,800
92,000
165,000
J.-4,900
385,700
6,000
6,300
41,000
17,700
8,400
9,000
TOTAL SE\.JARD PENiiJSULA 88,000
UPPER YUFOi~ RIVER BASIN
J!IcCarthy
Eagle
Charley River B-5
Helozitna C-l
Ruby B-2
Tanana B-3
TOTAL UPPER YUKON
14,000
73,900
416,600
7,300
16,000
),404,000
3,931,800
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19
20
Kaltag
Holy Cross
Koyukuk River
LOTtJER YUKON RIVER BASIN
Nulato
Holy Cross
Hughes
A-6
A-2
A-3
TOTAL LO''ER YUKON RIVER
1,369,000
640,000
219,000
2,228,000
Note: Ruby site not shown (567 ,000 Im •·muld be flooded out by Kaltag.
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38
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Crooked Creek
Holokuk River
KUSKOKHTivf RIVER BASIN
Sleetmute
rt
D-6
C-7
1,550,000
14,0.000
TOTAL KUSKOKI Jil'1 RIVER BASIN 1, 690,000
TANANA RIVER BASIN
Chisana Hiver No. 1 Nabesna 21,700
Chisana River i'Jo. 2 II D-3 60,400
Nabesna River II D-3 42,200
Cathedral Bluff Tanacross B-6 67 ,ooo
Tanana River No. 2 l~t. Hayes C-2 136,800
Salcha River (A) Big Delta 14,500
Salcha River (B) Fairbanks 16,600
Cheno River Big Delta. 5,100
Totatlanika River Fairbanks A-4 6,500
Jack River Healy B-4 4,900
Nenana Hiver No. 1 I! B-4 17,800
Carlo " C-4 6,200
Yanert II C-4 20,300
hcKinley fl D-4 15,400
Hoody I! D-4 11,700
Teklanika River No. 1 !I D-6 7,900
Teklanika River No. 3 II A-6 _5.800
TOTAL TAHANA RIVER BASIN 460,800
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SOUTHERN ALASKA DISTRICT
SIJSITNA RIJTEB BASIN
40 Vee Talkeetna Jvfts. C-2
41 1·1atana II !I D-3
42 Devil Canyon II II D-5
43 Olson I! H D-5
44 Chulitna River I! tl D-6
45 Lucy It II D-6
46 Tokichitna Talkeetna C-1
47 Trapner Talkeetna Hts. C-5
48 Greenstone II II C-5
49 Keetna If tl B-6
50 Talkeetna River n II B-6
51 Sheep River n II B-5
52 Skwentna River No. 2 Tyonek D-6
53 Talachulitna (Skwentna) 11 D-4
54 Susitna Station tl C-2
55 Kashwitna River Upper Talkeetna Hts. A-6
56 Kashwitna River Lower II II D-7
57 Sheep Creek t1 II A-6
TCT,\L SUSITlU RIVEH BASIN
MATANUSKA RIVER BASIN
58 Caribou Anchorage
59 Hatanuska Hiver No.1 n
D-2
D-3
D-4
C-6
60 Rush Lake
61 Sutton
62 Lake George
63 Eagle River
TYONEK AREA.
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Buluga River
Chakachamna
II
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II B-7
TOT:U-I ',.,TAHUSKA iliVEH BASIN
Tyonek
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TOTAL TYCLT~K AREA
3
B-4
A-7
203,200
259,100
366,000
25,300
6,800
11,000
128,800
17,100
14,800
95,300
36,400
31,400
31,000
40,000
95,000
19,000
13,100
7.300
1,400,600
13,000
30,800
5,500
37,700
47,000
5,100
139,.100
12,800
188,400
201,200
SOUTHERN ALASKA DISTRICT (Cont 1 d.)
COPPER IUVER AREA
66 Tazlina Lake Gulkana A-5
67 Klutina Lake Valdez C-5 & 6,
D-5
68 Tonsina Lake II C-4
69 Nizina River I4cCarthy
70 Chitina River !I
71 \\food Canyon Valdez B-2
72 Ticke1 River II A-3,B-4
73 Copper River No. 2 If A-3
74 Tebay Lakes · " A-2
75 Little Bramner River If A-2
76 Bremmer River II A-1
77 Lowe River tJ A-5 & 6
78 Kotsina River If C-1
79 Power Creek Cordova C-5
TOTAL COPPER RIVER AREA
KENAI PENINSULA
80 Lower Snow River Seward B-7
81 Crescent Lake It B-7
82 Nellie Jaun II B-6
83 Resurrection ~iver II A-7
84 Stelter (Kenai River) Kenai B-1
85 Kasilof River !I B-4
86 Fox River Seldovia D-3
87 Bradley Lake !I D-3
TOTriL I'3HAI PElHNSULA
SOUTHJH~STERN ALASI\A
88 Crescent Lake Kenai B-6
89 Twin Lakes Lake Clark
90 Lachbuno Lakes II II
91 Kontrashibuna Lake If II
92 Tazimina Lake II II
93 Kukak1ek Lake Illiamna A-7
94 Kvichak River Dillingham A-2
95 .o\merican Creek l1t. Katmai D-4
96 Nonvianuk Lake II II D-4
97 Lake Grosvenor tl II C-5
98 Upnuk Lake Taylor i"its.
99 Chikuminuk Lake ll II
100 Nuyakuk Lake Dillingham
101 Lake Kulik II
TOTAL SOUTH\,JESTERN ALASKA
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27 ,ooo
14,600
36,500
69,400
317,700
1,500,000
11,000
513,000
7,400
10,600
48,000
19,700
27,400
-8.800
2,611,100
27,200
4,900
59,000
8,900
35,100
7,800
14,000
)2,000
189,700
30,000
10,000
33,800
5,600
32,900
64,500
37,600
14,300
27,300
8,700
4,900
20,300
54,100
36.100
380,900
KODIAK ISLAND
102 Terror Lake Kodiak C-4 5,500
103 Uganik Lake II C-5 7,900
104 Karluk Lake Karluk B-1 10,500
105 Fraser Lake II A-1 8,300
TOTAL KODIAK ISLAND 32,200
SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA
Kg;TCH~KAN AREA
106 Davis River Ketchikan D-1 27,100
107 Hilson Lake It B-2 14,100
108 Punchbowl Creek II C-3 7,100
109 Granite Creek tl C-3 9,000
110 Hanzanita-Ella, II C-3 & 4 28,900
Fish Creek
111 Grace Creek II C-3 & 4 14,200
112 Orchard Creek !! D-5 9,300
113 Swan Lake II C-4 & 5 8,900
114 Shelokum Lake " D-5 6,800
115 Humpback Lake II A-2 7,100
116 Beaver Falls ll B-5 7,6oo
(Silvis Lakes)
117 Hahoney Creek I! B-5 5,200
118 Short Creek Bradfield Canal A-5 5,700
(Reflection Lake)
119 Anan Lake It II A-6 9,600
120 Reynolds Creek Craig A-2 5,400
121 Clover Creek II B-1 5,100
TOTAL KETCHIKfu~ AREA 171,100
\'.!RANGEL-PETERSBURG AREA
122 Tyee Creek Bradfield Canal A-5 18,500
123 Harding River !! II A-5, B-6 16,100
124 Cascade Creek Sun dum A-2 19,700
125 Scenery Creek II A-2 18,700
126 North Bradfield Bradfield Canal B-5 ._35 ... 0QQ
River
TOTAL 1JR.ANGEL-P.F.TERSBURG AREA 108,000
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SOUTHK\STERN ALASKA ( Cont 1 d. )
SITKA A.'9.E;A
127 Natsoutof Lake Port Alexander
128 Brentwood Lake It II
129 Plotnikof II II
130 Green Lake II II
131 Jviilk Lake II II
132 Carbon Lake Sitka
133 Goulding Lakes II
134 Tokatz Creek If
TOTAL SITKA AREA
ANGOCN AREA
135 Thayer Creek
136 Lake Kathleen
Sitka
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TOTAL ANGOON ARF..A
JUNEAU-SKAGHAY AREA
137 Sweetheart Falls Sumdum
Creek
13S Tease Creek Taku
139 Speel lliver I!
140 Crater-Long Lakes II
141 Dorothy Creek II
142 Turner Lake II
143 Ye hring Lake II
144 Carlson Creek Juneau
145 Endicott River If
(Upper)
146 Chilkat River Skagway
147 Taiya River II
Tributary
C-3
C-3
C-3
D-4
D-3
A-3
D-7
A-3
C-2
D-3
D-5
A-5 & 6
A-5
A-6
.\-6
B-6
B-6
B-1
D-5
C-3
C-2
TOTAL JUNEAU-SKAGHAY AREA
GRAND TOTAL ALASKA
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18,600
5,100
8,000
9,100
8,800
13,700
6,000
___12,400
84,700
8,000
7,100
15,100
15,900
10,100
50,200
32,000
13,000
6,400
12,900
10,000
15,000
25,700
15.400
206,600
14,325,000K11J
YUKON -TAITA PEOJF.:CT
Reduce Ramparts to
TOTAL INCLUDING YUKON -TAIYA
POTENTIAL L~STALLED CAPACITY
2,700,000KW
2, 800, OOOKVJ
16,421, OOOl\.1rJ
25, 263, OOOK\rl
Note: Pmver sites having less than 4900K\iJ Prime Power not listed •.
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POTENTIAL WATER POWER STATE OF
ALASKA JANUARY 1962
AUTHOR
mut WAT
ROOM DATE B<: RRO\ IIER'S NAMIE NUMBER DUE
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