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<br />00:099 <br /> <br />6 <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />Storage Facilities <br /> <br />PAONlA. DAM <br /> <br />Type: Zoned earthfill <br />Location: On Muddy Creek about I mi up. <br />!ttream of its jlmction with Anthracite <br />Creek. <br />CQtl8truction period: 1959-62 <br />Reservoir. Paonia: <br />Tolll.l capacity to EI. 644i.5................ <br />Active capacity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />Surface area. .......... ,",...,....... _.... <br />Dimensions: <br />Structural height. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . <br />Top width. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />Maximum ba~ width. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />Crest length".................".......... <br />Crest elevation ......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />Total volume. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />Spillway: Uncontrolled ogee crest and open <br />chute. <br />Capacity at EI. 6454.1 ......... . . . . . . . . . . . <br />Outlet works: Concrete-lined tunnel. 11 ft <br />in diameter. through right ablllment, con- <br />trolled by two 2.75-fHlquare high-pressure <br />gates. <br />Capaci.ty at EL 6454.\ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br /> <br />Diversion Facilities <br /> <br />FIRE MOUNn.IN DIVERSION DAM <br /> <br />Type: Timber sheet-piling. rockfill <br />Location: On the North Fork of Gunnison <br />River near Somerset. Colo. <br />Year completed: 1950 <br /> <br />Paonu. Project <br /> <br />20.950 acre-ft <br />18.150 acre-ft <br />334 acres <br /> <br />199 It <br />35 It <br />1.115 It <br />770 It <br />6460,0 It <br />1.302,000 yd' <br /> <br />12.500 ft3/s <br /> <br />l.250 ft3/~ <br /> <br />Dimensions: <br />Height above streambed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />Weir crest length ......................... <br />Total crest length. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />Weir crest elevation. .. ................... <br />Volume................:............ ... <br />Helldworks: Concrete. one 12-ft-square radial <br />gate. <br />Diversion capacity .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . <br /> <br />Carriage Facilities <br /> <br />FIRE MOUNTA.iN CANAL <br /> <br />Location: From the diversion dam on the <br />North Fork of Gunnison River near <br />Somerset. Colo.. generally southeast to a <br />point aboUI 4 mi northwest of Hotchkis~. <br />Colo. <br />Construction period: Privately constructed. <br />Enlarged by Rtlclamation in 1949-53 and <br />1959,62, <br /> <br />Length........,........,..........".. , <br />Inilial capacity.... ........... ... ........ <br />Typical maximum section. cia)' .lined: <br />Bottom width........................... <br />Sideslopes.......:..................... . <br />Water depth ....................... ..... <br />Lining thickness.............. ........... <br />Typical maximum section. concrete lined: <br />Bottom width......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />Side slopes.. ......... .... <br />Water depth ............................ <br />Lining thickness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br /> <br />11 ft <br />187 h <br />187 ft <br />5955,0 It <br />2.000 ydl <br /> <br />180 ft3/!1 <br /> <br />34.7 mi <br />200 ftlls <br />10 ft <br />1.5,1 <br />4 ft <br />4 in <br />4 ft <br />1.5,1 <br />4 It <br />4 in <br />