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Lake for storage from the South Platte River th rough the Platte Valley Canal and from the Beebe <br />Canal. W a t e r from Beebe Canal consists of seepage collected from Barr Lake, return flows <br />inte rcepted by the cana l f r om irriga tion in the Beebe Draw basin, and South Platte River water <br />diverted at the Burlington Ditch headgate a nd con v eyed throu gh Barr to th e Beebe Canal. <br />Storage water is released to the Gilmore Ditch. <br />In 1871, the Evan’s Ditch No. 2 be gan diverting water from the S outh Platte River for irrigation, <br />with an extension into the Beebe Draw basin occurring in 1883. In the early 1900’s, an <br />agreem ent between the ditch’s owner, Platte Valley Irrigation Com p any, and FRICO was m a de <br />that allowed for the enlargem ent of the ditch to convey water to Milton L a ke. FRICO acquired <br />the reservoir site in 1910 with construction star ting shortly thereafter. Many com ponents were <br />constructed including th e reservoir dam , the Platte Valley Canal bifurcation, Gilm ore Ditch and <br />Beebe Canal. <br />Capacity: <br />Total Storage: Approxim a tely 29,000 acre-feet. <br />Table 1 <br />Area/Capac i ty Data : Th e capa c ity d a ta shown in are based on an unknow n <br />date of survey (data was obtained from FRICO engineer). <br />Table 1 <br />Milton Lake Gage Height-Capacity <br />Gage Height Capacity <br />(ft) (ac-ft) <br />0 . 0 0 0 . 0 0 <br />1 . 0 0 6 . 8 2 <br />6 . 0 0 4 0 . 9 1 <br />1 1 . 0 0 7 5 . 0 0 <br />1 6 . 0 0 9 8 4 . 0 0 <br />2 1 . 0 0 3 5 8 6 . 0 0 <br />2 6 . 0 0 7 8 1 5 . 0 0 <br />3 1 . 0 0 1 3 5 3 9 . 0 0 <br />3 6 . 0 0 2 0 5 9 2 . 0 0 <br />4 1 . 0 0 2 9 0 3 1 . 0 0 <br />Reservoir Storage Measurement: <br />Storag e lev e ls in M i lto n Lake are m easured using a sta ff <br />gage. <br />Reservoir S eepage Information : <br />Historic accou n ts indicate that seep age occurring directly <br />after the construction of Milt on L a ke caused dam a ge to m a ny acres of farm land, as well <br />as buildings and roads, directly north of the reservoir. Ea rly records show that s eepag e <br />losses to the alluvium averaged around 1,000 acr e-feet a m onth with m o re recent records <br />showing seepage losses of around 4,000 acre-feet annually. Seepage fro m Milton Lake <br />ends up in the underlying aquifer and Beebe Draw, which is conveyed to Lower Latham <br />Reservoir via the Morrison Seepage Ditch Enlargem ent and Extension. The average <br />evaporation loss from M ilton Reservoir is estim a ted at 3,200 acr e-feet per year. <br />FRICO_Milton.doc 6 of 10 <br />