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Diversion Dam and Deer Flat Embankments
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<p>The Diversion Dam and Deer Flat Embankments is the collective name given in the U.S. <a href="/facts/National_Register_of_Historic_Places/leUNvfW6">National Register of Historic Places</a> program to a set of three <a href="/facts/Dam/BroJFhEI">dams</a> in the <a href="/facts/Western_United_States/uY9UGAus">western</a> United States in <a href="/facts/Southwestern_Idaho/JUB8Q5zb">southwestern</a> <a href="/facts/Idaho/68ELs9Um">Idaho</a>, near <a href="/facts/Boise,_Idaho/27UTaYKm">Boise</a> and <a href="/facts/Nampa,_Idaho/PbMUAGTE">Nampa</a>. </p><p>The dams are components of the <a href="/facts/United_States_Bureau_of_Reclamation/TzY5wlgI">U.S. Bureau of Reclamation</a>'s Boise Project, and were designed to provide <a href="/facts/Irrigation/RWX5PEgK">irrigation</a> water to 500,000 acres (780 sq mi; 2,000 km2) of <a href="/facts/Treasure_Valley/spYrBuRC">Treasure Valley</a> farmland in conjunction with the New York Irrigation District (<a href="/facts/New_York_Canal/LCA9hW9s">New York Canal</a>). The <a href="/facts/Boise_River_Diversion_Dam/b7UJz52W">Boise River Diversion Dam</a> also provides <a href="/facts/Hydroelectric/zEeJIK2B">hydroelectric</a> generation capacity. The dams were listed on the National Register in 1976. </p><p>The three dams that make up the Diversion Dam and Deer Flat Embankments are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Boise_River_Diversion_Dam/b7UJz52W">Boise River Diversion Dam</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Deer_Flat_Upper_Embankment/64WD6INu">Deer Flat Upper Embankment</a></li> <li>Deer Flat Lower Embankment</li></ul>