Minidoka Project

The water irrigates more than a million acres (4,000 km²) of otherwise arid land, producing much of Idaho's potato crop.

The primary irrigation district lies between Ashton in eastern Idaho and Bliss in the southwestern corner of the state.

Later, during World War II, 10,000 Japanese-American internees were held at what is now Minidoka National Historic Site in Jerome County, Idaho.

[2] The Michaud Flats project serves 11,240 acres (4,550 ha) with a pumping station on the left bank of the Snake, just below American Falls Dam, and 25 wells.

The dam failed on June 6, 1976 as the 288,250-acre-foot (0.35555 km3) reservoir was being filled, leading to extensive flooding in the Minidoka project area.