The Teton Dam was an earthen dam in the western United States, on the Teton River in eastern Idaho. It was built by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, one of eight federal agencies authorized to construct dams.[4] Located between Fremont and Madison counties, it suffered a catastrophic failure on June 5, 1976, as it was filling for the first time.
The collapse of Teton Dam killed 11 people[5] and 16,000 livestock.[6] The dam cost about $100 million to build and the federal government paid over $300 million in claims related to its failure. Total damage estimates have ranged up to $2 billion,[7] and the dam was not rebuilt.
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^"The Failure of Teton Dam". Bureau of Reclamation. April 18, 2011. Archived from the original on November 28, 2011. Retrieved October 27, 2011.
^Disaster at Teton (video). Periscope Films. 2015. Event occurs at 00:46. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
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