Mossyrock Dam

  • Year completed - 1968
  • River system - Cowlitz
  • Original investment - $117.8 million
  • Type of dam - concrete arch /gravity and embankment
  • Height - above riverbed, 365 feet; above bedrock, 605 feet
  • Length - 1,648 feet
  • Width - top 27 feet, base 115 feet
  • Volume of concrete in dam - 1.27 million cubic yards
  • Average flow - 5,140 cubic feet/second
  • Drainage area - 1,042 square miles
  • Reservoir length - 23.5 miles
  • Miles of shoreline - 52 miles
  • Reservoir area at maximum elevation - 11,830 acres
  • Reservoir elevation - full, 778.5 feet; lowest allowable, 60 feet
  • Average annual generation - 1,100,000,000 kilowatt-hours
  • Equivalent number of NW homes served - 78,500
  • Number of generators - Two 150,000 kilowatt generators 
  • Installed capacity (nameplate rating) - 300,000 kilowatts

Mayfield Dam

  • Year completed - 1963
  • River system - Cowlitz
  • Original investment - $44.5 million
  • Type of dam - concrete arch/gravity and embankment
  • Height - above riverbed, 200 feet; above bedrock, 250 feet
  • Length - 850 feet
  • Width - top, 5 feet; base, 23 feet
  • Volume of concrete in dam - 110,000 cubic yards
  • Average flow - 6,120 cubic feet/second
  • Drainage area - 1,400 square miles
  • Reservoir length - 13 miles
  • Miles of shoreline - 33.5 miles
  • Reservoir area at maximum elevation - 2,250 acres
  • Reservoir elevation - full, 425 feet; lowest allowable, 415 feet
  • Average annual generation - 804 million kilowatt-hours
  • Equivalent number of NW homes served - 57,500
  • Number of generators - Four 40,500 kilowatt generators 
  • Installed capacity (nameplate rating) - 162,000 kilowatts