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The Dalles Dam — Fall Chinook

Chinook salmon · Dam ladder count · Columbia River mile 192

2026 season — final

161,018

Chinook salmon past the dam in 2026

The 2026 The Dalles Dam fall chinook finished at 161,018 adult fish past the dam — there is no escapement goal for a dam count; it finished 33% below the 10-year average final of 241,611 (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

74,542149,083223,625298,167AprMayJunJulAugSepOct

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

Daily counts, 2026

Peak Sep 8 — 6,865AprMayJunJulAugSepOct
Daily count table
DateCountCumulative
Apr 0100
Apr 0200
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Apr 0500
Apr 0600
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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 1200
May 1300
May 1400
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May 1700
May 1800
May 1900
May 2000
May 2100
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May 2300
May 2400
May 2500
May 2600
May 2700
May 2800
May 2900
May 3000
May 3100
Jun 0100
Jun 0200
Jun 0300
Jun 0400
Jun 0500
Jun 0600
Jun 0700
Jun 0800
Jun 0900
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 04401401
Aug 05471872
Aug 064381,310
Aug 077122,022
Aug 086042,626
Aug 097323,358
Aug 103403,698
Aug 114084,106
Aug 128204,926
Aug 131,0215,947
Aug 141,0436,990
Aug 158147,804
Aug 168208,624
Aug 179599,583
Aug 1880210,385
Aug 191,61411,999
Aug 201,97213,971
Aug 212,23616,207
Aug 221,10617,313
Aug 231,27418,587
Aug 241,30919,896
Aug 251,12121,017
Aug 2686321,880
Aug 271,13923,019
Aug 282,11125,130
Aug 293,12928,259
Aug 303,91032,169
Aug 315,64237,811
Sep 012,99240,803
Sep 025,15745,960
Sep 035,14651,106
Sep 045,25756,363
Sep 054,48960,852
Sep 066,03066,882
Sep 074,77671,658
Sep 086,86578,523
Sep 096,04084,563
Sep 105,12489,687
Sep 114,75994,446
Sep 124,17598,621
Sep 134,244102,865
Sep 143,570106,435
Sep 152,935109,370
Sep 163,207112,577
Sep 171,913114,490
Sep 182,140116,630
Sep 194,875121,505
Sep 203,638125,143
Sep 213,074128,217
Sep 223,233131,450
Sep 231,836133,286
Sep 241,729135,015
Sep 251,341136,356
Sep 262,583138,939
Sep 272,283141,222
Sep 281,756142,978
Sep 291,162144,140
Sep 301,424145,564
Oct 011,117146,681
Oct 021,343148,024
Oct 031,256149,280
Oct 04703149,983
Oct 051,370151,353
Oct 061,027152,380
Oct 071,013153,393
Oct 08615154,008
Oct 09927154,935
Oct 10587155,522
Oct 11500156,022
Oct 12392156,414
Oct 13316156,730
Oct 14218156,948
Oct 15296157,244
Oct 16347157,591
Oct 17366157,957
Oct 18325158,282
Oct 19304158,586
Oct 20219158,805
Oct 21246159,051
Oct 22254159,305
Oct 23132159,437
Oct 24182159,619
Oct 25158159,777
Oct 2697159,874
Oct 2787159,961
Oct 28270160,231
Oct 29272160,503
Oct 30309160,812
Oct 31206161,018

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 241,611.

Final counts by year

YearFinal countvs 10-yr avg
2026161,018below average
2025221,154below average
2024282,164above average
2023313,148above average
2022284,570above average
2021239,137below average
2020241,581below average
2019180,406below average
2018126,842below average
2017212,830below average
2016314,278above average

About this count

How it is counted: Dam ladder count at Columbia River mile 192.

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).