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29: 45: 399: 52: 263:, another element of the Yakima Project. About 8 miles (13 km) downstream from Rimrock Lake the Tieton River is tapped by the Tieton Diversion Dam, supplying water to the Tieton Main Canal. The canal supplies irrigation water to the Tieton Division of the Yakima Project, with excess and agricultural runoff draining into 28: 469: 440: 330: 92: 308: 44: 479: 464: 256:, a 319-foot (97 m) high structure built in 1925. Rimrock Lake's active capacity is 198,000 acre⋅ft (244 million m). 459: 474: 382: 433: 373: 360: 316: 249: 484: 426: 378: 368: 278:
village named Miya’wax and portions of the Yakama-Cowlitz Trail which connected the Yakama people east of the
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Near the lakes are the communities of Rimrock and Silver Beach. The lake flooded the site of a
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Aerial view of Tieton Dam and Rimrock Lake from the downstream side of the dam.
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Upstream from the lake, the Tieton River is impounded by
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for the Yakima Project, an irrigation project run by the
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Rimrock Lake is located in Washington (state)
Yakima County
Washington
46°39′23″N 121°07′46″W / 46.65639°N 121.12944°W / 46.65639; -121.12944
Type
reservoir
Primary inflows
Tieton River
Primary outflows
Tieton River
Catchment area
Basin
Tieton River
Yakima County
Washington
US
reservoir
United States Bureau of Reclamation
Tieton Dam
Clear Creek Dam
Ahtanum Creek
Yakima
Yakama
Cascade Range
Cowlitz people


Yakima Project
Archived

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