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Imperial Dam
Official nameImperial Diversion Dam
LocationLower Colorado River Valley
Imperial County, California
Yuma County, Arizona
Coordinates32°52′59″N 114°27′54″W / 32.883°N 114.465°W / 32.883; -114.465
Construction began1936; 88 years ago (1936)
Opening date1938; 86 years ago (1938)
Owner(s)United States Bureau of Reclamation
Operator(s)Imperial Irrigation District
Dam and spillways
ImpoundsColorado River
Height85 ft (26 m)
Length3,475 ft (1,059 m)
Width (base)76 ft (23 m)
Reservoir
CreatesImperial Reservoir
Total capacity160,000 acre⋅ft (200,000,000 m3) (now silted)
Surface area5,756 acres (2,329 ha)

The Imperial Diversion Dam (National ID # CA10159) is a concrete slab and buttress, ogee weir structure across the California/Arizona border, 18 miles (29 km) northeast of Yuma. Completed in 1938, the dam retains the waters of the Colorado River into the Imperial Reservoir before desilting and diversion into the All-American Canal and the Gila Project aqueduct. Between 1932 and 1940, the Imperial Irrigation District (IID) relied on the Inter-California Canal and the Imperial Canal and Alamo River.

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