Cushman Hydro Project Statistics

	Cushman No. 1	Cushman No. 2
Year completed	1925	1930
River System	North Fork, Skokomish River	North Fork, Skokomish River
Original Investment	$4.36 million	$8.23 million
Type of dam	Concrete arch/gravity & embankment	Concrete arch/gravity
Height: above riverbed above bedrock	235 feet 275 feet	175 feet 235 feet
Length	1,111 feet	575 feet
Width: top base	8 feet 50 feet	8 feet 40 feet
Volume of concrete in dam	90,000 cubic yards	38,000 cubic yards
Average flow	845 cubic feet/second	852 cubic feet/second
Drainage area	94 square miles	100 square miles
Reservoir length	9.6 miles	2 miles
Miles of shoreline	23 miles	4.5 miles
Reservoir area at maximum elevation	4,010 acres	150 acres
Reservoir elevation: full lowest allowable	738 feet 615 feet	480 feet 460 feet
Average annual generation	127 million kilowatt-hours	233 million kilowatt-hours
Equivalent number of Northwest homes served	9,000	16,500
Number of generators	Two — 21,600 kilowatt	Three — 27,000 kilowatt
Installed capacity (nameplate rating)	43,200 kilowatts	81,000 kilowatts