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Lower Granite Dam — Fall Chinook

Chinook salmon · Dam ladder count · Snake River mile 107

2026 season — final

24,161

Chinook salmon past the dam in 2026

The 2026 Lower Granite Dam fall chinook finished at 24,161 adult fish past the dam — there is no escapement goal for a dam count; it finished 20% below the 10-year average final of 30,085 (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

9,06018,12027,18036,240AprMayJunJulAugSepOct

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

Daily counts, 2026

Peak Sep 7 — 1,173AprMayJunJulAugSepOct
Daily count table
DateCountCumulative
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Apr 2500
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Apr 3000
May 0100
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May 2500
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May 2700
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May 3000
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Jun 0100
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Jul 0100
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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
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Aug 0800
Aug 0900
Aug 1000
Aug 1100
Aug 1200
Aug 1300
Aug 1400
Aug 1500
Aug 1600
Aug 1700
Aug 18247247
Aug 19206453
Aug 20239692
Aug 214211,113
Aug 224461,559
Aug 234241,983
Aug 243272,310
Aug 255232,833
Aug 263543,187
Aug 274203,607
Aug 283813,988
Aug 294134,401
Aug 305644,965
Aug 316165,581
Sep 013955,976
Sep 023296,305
Sep 034026,707
Sep 044127,119
Sep 055727,691
Sep 061,0098,700
Sep 071,1739,873
Sep 0879010,663
Sep 0997711,640
Sep 101,03512,675
Sep 111,08113,756
Sep 1263914,395
Sep 1377415,169
Sep 1478015,949
Sep 1541916,368
Sep 1665017,018
Sep 1764717,665
Sep 1855918,224
Sep 1947818,702
Sep 2051819,220
Sep 2159319,813
Sep 2220620,019
Sep 2334320,362
Sep 2422520,587
Sep 2527120,858
Sep 2629221,150
Sep 2714121,291
Sep 2826221,553
Sep 2921521,768
Sep 3025122,019
Oct 0113722,156
Oct 0219322,349
Oct 0312822,477
Oct 0410522,582
Oct 059322,675
Oct 066522,740
Oct 076922,809
Oct 087322,882
Oct 0910522,987
Oct 1010923,096
Oct 115923,155
Oct 125123,206
Oct 134623,252
Oct 144223,294
Oct 153923,333
Oct 163523,368
Oct 174023,408
Oct 185623,464
Oct 194723,511
Oct 204223,553
Oct 214123,594
Oct 222923,623
Oct 235523,678
Oct 247323,751
Oct 256723,818
Oct 266623,884
Oct 275323,937
Oct 286824,005
Oct 296224,067
Oct 304324,110
Oct 315124,161

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 30,085.

Final counts by year

YearFinal countvs 10-yr avg
202624,161below average
202526,497below average
202434,581above average
202346,102above average
202245,849above average
202131,306above average
202024,393below average
201915,329below average
201816,416below average
201726,063below average
201634,315above average

About this count

How it is counted: Dam ladder count at Snake River mile 107.

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).