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The Dalles Dam — Spring Chinook

Chinook salmon · Dam ladder count · Columbia River mile 192

2026 season — final

57,510

Chinook salmon past the dam in 2026

The 2026 The Dalles Dam spring chinook finished at 57,510 adult fish past the dam — there is no escapement goal for a dam count; it finished 18% below the 10-year average final of 70,083 (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

21,10442,20763,31184,415AprMayJunJulAugSepOct

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

Daily counts, 2026

Peak May 3 — 3,996AprMayJunJulAugSepOct
Daily count table
DateCountCumulative
Apr 0100
Apr 0200
Apr 0300
Apr 0433
Apr 0547
Apr 061017
Apr 07724
Apr 08731
Apr 09839
Apr 103675
Apr 112297
Apr 1236133
Apr 1375208
Apr 1453261
Apr 1579340
Apr 16107447
Apr 17146593
Apr 1876669
Apr 1977746
Apr 20190936
Apr 213161,252
Apr 225081,760
Apr 234402,200
Apr 242682,468
Apr 253892,857
Apr 264793,336
Apr 275423,878
Apr 288244,702
Apr 291,7436,445
Apr 301,8478,292
May 012,62210,914
May 023,78514,699
May 033,99618,695
May 042,98321,678
May 052,52424,202
May 063,25727,459
May 073,11030,569
May 082,41832,987
May 092,55535,542
May 102,45437,996
May 111,59539,591
May 121,70341,294
May 131,96043,254
May 141,19144,445
May 1590445,349
May 1682946,178
May 1770046,878
May 1868147,559
May 1956648,125
May 2072048,845
May 2157849,423
May 2260450,027
May 2357750,604
May 2461751,221
May 2565851,879
May 2670352,582
May 2746253,044
May 2849253,536
May 2964354,179
May 3052454,703
May 3164655,349
Jun 0177756,126
Jun 0267356,799
Jun 0371157,510
Jun 04057,510
Jun 05057,510
Jun 06057,510
Jun 07057,510
Jun 08057,510
Jun 09057,510
Jun 10057,510
Jun 11057,510
Jun 12057,510
Jun 13057,510
Jun 14057,510
Jun 15057,510
Jun 16057,510
Jun 17057,510
Jun 18057,510
Jun 19057,510
Jun 20057,510
Jun 21057,510
Jun 22057,510
Jun 23057,510
Jun 24057,510
Jun 25057,510
Jun 26057,510
Jun 27057,510
Jun 28057,510
Jun 29057,510
Jun 30057,510
Jul 01057,510
Jul 02057,510
Jul 03057,510
Jul 04057,510
Jul 05057,510
Jul 06057,510
Jul 07057,510
Jul 08057,510
Jul 09057,510
Jul 10057,510
Jul 11057,510
Jul 12057,510
Jul 13057,510
Jul 14057,510
Jul 15057,510
Jul 16057,510
Jul 17057,510
Jul 18057,510
Jul 19057,510
Jul 20057,510
Jul 21057,510
Jul 22057,510
Jul 23057,510
Jul 24057,510
Jul 25057,510
Jul 26057,510
Jul 27057,510
Jul 28057,510
Jul 29057,510
Jul 30057,510
Jul 31057,510
Aug 01057,510
Aug 02057,510
Aug 03057,510
Aug 04057,510
Aug 05057,510
Aug 06057,510
Aug 07057,510
Aug 08057,510
Aug 09057,510
Aug 10057,510
Aug 11057,510
Aug 12057,510
Aug 13057,510
Aug 14057,510
Aug 15057,510
Aug 16057,510
Aug 17057,510
Aug 18057,510
Aug 19057,510
Aug 20057,510
Aug 21057,510
Aug 22057,510
Aug 23057,510
Aug 24057,510
Aug 25057,510
Aug 26057,510
Aug 27057,510
Aug 28057,510
Aug 29057,510
Aug 30057,510
Aug 31057,510
Sep 01057,510
Sep 02057,510
Sep 03057,510
Sep 04057,510
Sep 05057,510
Sep 06057,510
Sep 07057,510
Sep 08057,510
Sep 09057,510
Sep 10057,510
Sep 11057,510
Sep 12057,510
Sep 13057,510
Sep 14057,510
Sep 15057,510
Sep 16057,510
Sep 17057,510
Sep 18057,510
Sep 19057,510
Sep 20057,510
Sep 21057,510
Sep 22057,510
Sep 23057,510
Sep 24057,510
Sep 25057,510
Sep 26057,510
Sep 27057,510
Sep 28057,510
Sep 29057,510
Sep 30057,510
Oct 01057,510
Oct 02057,510
Oct 03057,510
Oct 04057,510
Oct 05057,510
Oct 06057,510
Oct 07057,510
Oct 08057,510
Oct 09057,510
Oct 10057,510
Oct 11057,510
Oct 12057,510
Oct 13057,510
Oct 14057,510
Oct 15057,510
Oct 16057,510
Oct 17057,510
Oct 18057,510
Oct 19057,510
Oct 20057,510
Oct 21057,510
Oct 22057,510
Oct 23057,510
Oct 24057,510
Oct 25057,510
Oct 26057,510
Oct 27057,510
Oct 28057,510
Oct 29057,510
Oct 30057,510
Oct 31057,510

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 70,083.

Final counts by year

YearFinal countvs 10-yr avg
202657,510below average
202582,813above average
202473,141above average
202372,917above average
2022111,512above average
202158,950below average
202041,765below average
201938,008below average
201857,926below average
201758,298below average
2016105,504above 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).