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BOOTLEG DAM AND RESERVOIR <br />PLAN DESCRIPTION <br />Bootleg Dam and Reservoir is an existing breached dam located on <br />Box Elder Creek in the South Platte River drainage about 6 miles <br />south of the Town of Hudson. Figure 1 shows the reservoir relative <br />to Denver and the Town of Hudson. Figure 2 is a copy of a USGS <br />Quad map showing the reservoir site. <br />The Dam owner and contact is: <br />Henrylyn Irrigation District <br />Lawrence (Butch} Gerkin, Manager 303-536-4702 <br />P.O. Box 85 <br />Hudson, Colorado 80642 <br />The dam was breached in 1984 due to various problems with the <br />embankment and spillway. The embankment is owned by the Henrylyn <br />Irrigation District but the reservoir basin is privately owned with <br />ROW held by the District. <br />The best plan for reconstructed of the dam was developed by the <br />Central Colorado Water Conservancy District in cooperation with the <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board and the Army Corp of Engineers. <br />The plan was to reconstruct and raise the dam for irrigation <br />storage and flood control on Box Elder Creek. <br />The Corp of Engineers prepared a reconnaissance study on the <br />reconstruction in April of 1990. The information, drawings and <br />descriptions herein were obtained from the Corp report. The report <br />addressed the structural requirements and cost of raising the <br />embankment but did not address the benefits, potential repayment, <br />or allocation of storage space and costs to flood control and <br />irrigation. <br />The Corp report is apparently based on the reservoir being used <br />only for flood control; however, there appears to be about 1,300 to <br />1,500 acre-feet of storage in the reservoir below the proposed <br />spillway crest that could be used for irrigation. Though this <br />would reduce the flood control benefits somewhat, 1,000 acre-feet <br />is assumed for irrigation storage in this report. <br />The drainage basin above the reservoir is 240 square miles in size. <br />The basin is very flat and is covered primarily with brush and <br />grasses. <br />This report summarizes the Corp report findings and how the <br />reservoir could be used to increase irrigation storage to the <br />Henrylyn Irrigation District as well as provide flood control on <br />Box Elder Creek. <br />Bootleg Dam <br />