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Little Camas Dam
Little Camas Dam is located in Idaho
Little Camas Dam
Location of Little Camas Dam in Idaho
Location Elmore County, Idaho,
United States
Coordinates 43°21′10″N 115°23′08″W / 43.35278°N 115.38556°W / 43.35278; -115.38556
Opening date 1912
Operator(s) Mountain Home Irrigation District
Dam and spillways
Impounds Little Camas Creek
Height 44 feet (13 m)
Reservoir
Creates Little Camas Reservoir
Total capacity 18,800 acre-feet (0.0232 km3)

Little Camas Dam is an earthfill type dam on Little Camas Creek, in Elmore County, Idaho, United States. Its reservoir is called Little Camas Reservoir and is northeast of Mountain Home and about 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Anderson Ranch Dam. The dam is owned by the Mountain Home Irrigation District and does not produce electricity. The reservoir is surrounded primarily by Boise National Forest land but also state and private land.

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Little Camas Reservoir and the Soldier Mountains
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