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The Grants Pass Irrigation District erected the Savage Rapids in 1921 to Divert Rogue River water for irrigation of local fields. The Savage Rapids facility stood 39-foot high and 500-feet long and was seen by some as one of the worst impediments for Salmon on the Rogue River.

Jackson County planned to remove the Savage River Dam, Gold Hill Diverson Dam and the Gold Ray Dam to provide salmon a clear run from the Cascade Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. Naturalists hope that the area can be reclaimed to produce a white water rapids suitable for recreational use. Work began in 10/2006 to install pumps that would divert water into agricultural lands around Grants Pass, facilitating the removal of the Savage Rapids Dam.

PCAD id: 13166