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 arising from its failure. Total damage estimates have ranged up to $2 billion, [7] and the dam was not rebuilt.

2020年6月5日 · After less than 20 minutes of pushing dirt, Calderwood’s boss, who was standing on the dam, felt the ground beneath his feet shift and settle as the north side of the dam collapsed down on...

2009年9月4日 · On a beautiful June morning in 1976, workers near the newly constructed Teton Dam in southern Idaho noticed a small leak in the 405-foot-high dam as the reservoir behind it was being filled.

2016年6月5日 · As the world soon learned, the 305-foot-high Teton Dam had broken in half. Its collapse sent a wall of water cascading through the Teton River canyon, north of the town of Newdale in...

1976年6月5日 · Failure of the Teton Dam and subsequent draining of the reservoir caused the deaths of 11 people and approximately $400 million in damages. On June 3, 1976, two small seeps were observed at the downstream toe of the dam which released clear seepage and measured less than ¼ cfs.

On June 5, 1976, Teton Dam in southeastern Idaho catastrophically failed. Early that Saturday morning, bulldozer operators tried in vain to plug seepage holes on the downstream face of the dam. By 11 a.m., a torrent of water ripped through the dam, releasing more than one million cubic feet per second.

• Teton Dam failed June 5, 1976, releasing over 230,000 acre-feet of water. • Eleven deaths resulted from the disaster and about $400 million in property damage. • The towns of Wilford, Sugar City, Roberts, and Rexburg were struck the hardest, and parts of Idaho

Erupting one peaceful Saturday morning, the failure of this dam destroyed several towns, killed 11 people, drowned over 15,000 heads of livestock, and damaged over $2 billion of property in the area.

2019年5月20日 · Of the 23 presidentially declared disasters in Idaho, the Teton Dam’s collapse remains the only man-made disaster. This engineering marvel meant to tame flooding along the Teton River and provide additional irrigation failed at 11:57 a.m. on June 5, 1976.

Within six hours of the initial failure, the entire reservoir had drained and had sent floodwaters cascading towards the neighboring towns of Sugar City, Rexburg, and Wilford. As water from the failed dam rushed through the valley below, roads quickly became impassable.