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Little Goose Dam — Fall Chinook

Chinook salmon · Dam ladder count · Snake River mile 70

2026 season — final

24,791

Chinook salmon past the dam in 2026

The 2026 Little Goose Dam fall chinook finished at 24,791 adult fish past the dam — there is no escapement goal for a dam count; it finished 17% below the 10-year average final of 29,728 (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

9,05218,10527,15736,209AprMayJunJulAugSepOct

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

Daily counts, 2026

Peak Sep 9 — 1,140AprMayJunJulAugSepOct
Daily count table
DateCountCumulative
Apr 0100
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Apr 1900
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Apr 2100
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Apr 2300
Apr 2400
Apr 2500
Apr 2600
Apr 2700
Apr 2800
Apr 2900
Apr 3000
May 0100
May 0200
May 0300
May 0400
May 0500
May 0600
May 0700
May 0800
May 0900
May 1000
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May 1300
May 1400
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May 1700
May 1800
May 1900
May 2000
May 2100
May 2200
May 2300
May 2400
May 2500
May 2600
May 2700
May 2800
May 2900
May 3000
May 3100
Jun 0100
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Jun 0400
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Jun 0700
Jun 0800
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Jun 1000
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Jun 1200
Jun 1300
Jun 1400
Jun 1500
Jun 1600
Jun 1700
Jun 1800
Jun 1900
Jun 2000
Jun 2100
Jun 2200
Jun 2300
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
Jul 1100
Jul 1200
Jul 1300
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 1200
Aug 1300
Aug 1400
Aug 1500
Aug 16302302
Aug 17181483
Aug 18199682
Aug 193951,077
Aug 204241,501
Aug 214511,952
Aug 224122,364
Aug 234872,851
Aug 244283,279
Aug 253943,673
Aug 264054,078
Aug 274414,519
Aug 286275,146
Aug 295425,688
Aug 305046,192
Aug 313786,570
Sep 013496,919
Sep 023557,274
Sep 037468,020
Sep 049188,938
Sep 051,0249,962
Sep 061,00310,965
Sep 0784811,813
Sep 081,01612,829
Sep 091,14013,969
Sep 1069414,663
Sep 1193315,596
Sep 1279116,387
Sep 1349516,882
Sep 1464417,526
Sep 1569018,216
Sep 1648418,700
Sep 1738319,083
Sep 1855819,641
Sep 1937220,013
Sep 2034520,358
Sep 2133720,695
Sep 2233621,031
Sep 2321021,241
Sep 2420621,447
Sep 2525121,698
Sep 2633522,033
Sep 2730822,341
Sep 2817922,520
Sep 2921422,734
Sep 3022722,961
Oct 0114623,107
Oct 0210123,208
Oct 0312523,333
Oct 0413123,464
Oct 0511823,582
Oct 066723,649
Oct 076923,718
Oct 0810923,827
Oct 099823,925
Oct 109024,015
Oct 114724,062
Oct 123524,097
Oct 135324,150
Oct 142124,171
Oct 156624,237
Oct 163824,275
Oct 173024,305
Oct 184224,347
Oct 194824,395
Oct 204524,440
Oct 213524,475
Oct 224824,523
Oct 232224,545
Oct 245524,600
Oct 252224,622
Oct 262624,648
Oct 273824,686
Oct 283024,716
Oct 294224,758
Oct 301424,772
Oct 311924,791

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 29,728.

Final counts by year

YearFinal countvs 10-yr avg
202624,791below average
202527,790below average
202434,711above average
202342,989above average
202241,079above average
202132,482above average
202025,356below average
201916,821below average
201817,142below average
201725,105below average
201633,807above average

About this count

How it is counted: Dam ladder count at Snake River mile 70.

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).