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Ice Harbor Dam — Fall Chinook

Chinook salmon · Dam ladder count · Snake River mile 10

2026 season — final

29,582

Chinook salmon past the dam in 2026

The 2026 Ice Harbor Dam fall chinook finished at 29,582 adult fish past the dam — there is no escapement goal for a dam count; it finished 9% below the 10-year average final of 32,433 (mean of 10 seasons, 2016–2025).

No escapement goal — compared with the 10-year average

Season summary

The 2026 season, finished — compare it with earlier years. Toggle seasons, flip between daily counts and the cumulative run, and overlay the 10-year average.

Cumulative count vs the 10-year average

10,25620,51230,76841,025AprMayJunJulAugSepOct

2026 final run  10-year average (mean of 2016–2025)  Middle half of seasons

Daily counts, 2026

Peak Sep 3 — 1,346AprMayJunJulAugSepOct
Daily count table
DateCountCumulative
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Apr 2500
Apr 2600
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Apr 3000
May 0100
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May 2500
May 2600
May 2700
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May 3000
May 3100
Jun 0100
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Jun 1700
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Jun 1900
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Jun 2100
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Jun 2400
Jun 2500
Jun 2600
Jun 2700
Jun 2800
Jun 2900
Jun 3000
Jul 0100
Jul 0200
Jul 0300
Jul 0400
Jul 0500
Jul 0600
Jul 0700
Jul 0800
Jul 0900
Jul 1000
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Jul 1400
Jul 1500
Jul 1600
Jul 1700
Jul 1800
Jul 1900
Jul 2000
Jul 2100
Jul 2200
Jul 2300
Jul 2400
Jul 2500
Jul 2600
Jul 2700
Jul 2800
Jul 2900
Jul 3000
Jul 3100
Aug 0100
Aug 0200
Aug 0300
Aug 0400
Aug 0500
Aug 0600
Aug 0700
Aug 0800
Aug 0900
Aug 1000
Aug 1100
Aug 12273273
Aug 13356629
Aug 14277906
Aug 152021,108
Aug 163141,422
Aug 174431,865
Aug 184222,287
Aug 195222,809
Aug 203893,198
Aug 214393,637
Aug 223654,002
Aug 235164,518
Aug 243854,903
Aug 254545,357
Aug 265645,921
Aug 274216,342
Aug 283446,686
Aug 295387,224
Aug 303977,621
Aug 315018,122
Sep 018608,982
Sep 028259,807
Sep 031,34611,153
Sep 041,22612,379
Sep 0580513,184
Sep 061,21014,394
Sep 071,05215,446
Sep 0880516,251
Sep 0982817,079
Sep 1065017,729
Sep 1156718,296
Sep 1268218,978
Sep 1380819,786
Sep 1464920,435
Sep 1558621,021
Sep 1648821,509
Sep 1738621,895
Sep 1837822,273
Sep 1942622,699
Sep 2026522,964
Sep 2127723,241
Sep 2231623,557
Sep 2337923,936
Sep 2443024,366
Sep 2543924,805
Sep 2631625,121
Sep 2731825,439
Sep 2833225,771
Sep 2921225,983
Sep 3024026,223
Oct 0126626,489
Oct 0223126,720
Oct 0320326,923
Oct 0416627,089
Oct 0514427,233
Oct 0611727,350
Oct 0713927,489
Oct 0816027,649
Oct 0910927,758
Oct 1012027,878
Oct 1111927,997
Oct 1221428,211
Oct 139928,310
Oct 1410928,419
Oct 158428,503
Oct 168728,590
Oct 177528,665
Oct 186528,730
Oct 197328,803
Oct 208428,887
Oct 219928,986
Oct 226429,050
Oct 237229,122
Oct 247429,196
Oct 257229,268
Oct 265929,327
Oct 274929,376
Oct 285329,429
Oct 296129,490
Oct 304229,532
Oct 315029,582

Escapement goal

No escapement goal applies to a dam count — goals are set for spawning escapement, and a dam tally is passage, not escapement. The yardstick on this page is the run's own history.

The 2016–2025 average final is 32,433.

Final counts by year

YearFinal countvs 10-yr avg
202629,582below average
202529,980below average
202439,857above average
202350,703above average
202244,274above average
202133,537above average
202029,172below average
201917,245below average
201816,457below average
201726,393below average
201636,713above average

About this count

How it is counted: Dam ladder count at Snake River mile 10.

Dam day counts are expanded estimates: counters watch the ladders 16 hours a day, 50 minutes of every hour, and the day count is that tally multiplied by 1.2. Fish passing at night, through the navigation lock or through turbines are not counted. The Corps reviews counts with video after the season and occasionally revises them.

Counts post daily in season; in-season figures are preliminary, and the Corps reviews the season after it closes — the figures here are the final published ones. Source: Fish Passage Center — Adult Data Query (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers counts).