Newest reservoirs in Eastern Idaho

The year that a reservoir was first filled to the reservoir’s normal elevation – or the year that a natural lake was first dammed – is the determining factor in the age of the body of water. A large reservoir can take more than a year to fill after its dam is first closed. You can find many of the the world’s newest reservoirs on LakeLubbers in the comparison table below. Many of the world’s oldest reservoirs appear on the last page of that list. Note: For some lakes, the completion year data is unknown, so you may see fewer lakes than the total 3 articles we have published for Eastern Idaho lakes.

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Search results: Sort lakes by completion year


Below are lakes within USA > US West Region > Idaho > Eastern Idaho > Compared by newest (youngest) reservoirs and the year it was completed. This list does not represent all lakes in Eastern Idaho, only the 3 Eastern Idaho lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.

Lake name Completion year Lake description
Palisades Reservoir, ID/WY
(Eastern Idaho, Idaho, Southwest Wyoming, US West Region, USA, Wyoming)
1957

Palisades Reservoir is set in southeast Idaho, east of Idaho Falls in a beautiful river valley. The southern end of the reservoir extends into Wyoming…

Island Park Reservoir
(Eastern Idaho, Idaho, US West Region, USA)
1939

Just half an hour southwest of west Yellowstone, MT, Island Park Reservoir hosts a recreational paradise all its own. The roughly 7000-ace reservoir i…

Henrys Lake
(Eastern Idaho, Idaho, US West Region, USA)
1923 Also known as Henry's Lake Reservoir

Hidden in the far north corner of Eastern Idaho, just over the border from both Montana and Wyoming, Henrys Lake attracts thousands of visitors every…