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• In Snake River

  In 1976 the Teton Dam collapsed, causing disastrous flooding of the upper Snake River valley. Principal tributaries below Heise are Henrys Fork (the largest), Blackfoot, Portneuf, Raft, and Big Wood rivers. Henrys Fork and Big Wood enter the Snake River from the north. Other northern side streams sink…

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• In Rexburg

  …the 310-foot- (94-metre-) high earthen Grand Teton Dam collapsed, spilling some 11 billion cubic feet (311 million cubic metres) of water across the plain and forcing the evacuation of more than 300,000 Idahoans. Eleven people died in the flood. The city subsequently recovered and rebuilt and, beginning in the 1990s,…

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