8040

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 8040
• Author: Upper Colorado River Commission.
• Title: Sixteenth Annual Report of the Upper Colorado River Commission.
• USFW Year: 1964.
• USFW - Doc Type: Salt Lake City, Utah.
• Copyright Material: NO

Central Utah Participating Project, Vernal Unit, Utah

The principal features of the Vernal unit were placed in service
as of January 1, 1963. The completed features consist of the
Steinaker Dam and Reservoir, Fort Thornburgh diversion dam,
Steinaker feeder canal, Steinaker service canal and laterals, and a
water savings pipe system. Project drains may be constructed at a
later date. The Bureau of Reclamation began operating the storage
features of the project in January 1963 with funds advanced by the
Uintah Water Conservancy District.

The multipurpose unit will furnish a supplemental water
supply to 14,700 acres of partially irrigated lands and 1,600 acre-feet
of supplemental water for municipal use.

Emery County Participating Project, Utah

Construction work was initiated on the J oes Valley Dam in June
1963. The dam will be an earthfill structure 740 feet long at the
crest and will have a height of approximately 195 feet. Contracts
were awarded during the year for relocating Utah State Highway
No. 29, and for constructing temporary camp facilities. Other activi-
ties during the year consisted mainly of collecting design data for
the other project features which will include the Huntington North
Dam and Reservoir, the Swasey diversion dam, the Cottonwood
Creek-Huntington Canal, the Huntington North Service Canal, and
a drainage system.

Florida Participating Project, Colorado

Construction of the earthfill Lemon Dam continued throughout
the year and is now estimated to be 81 percent completed. The
215-foot high 3-million cubic yard earthfill dam is scheduled for
completion in fiscal year 1964. Work on irrigation facilities to be
operated in conjunction with the Lemon Dam and Reservor con-
tinued during the fiscal year. The Florida Farmers diversion dam,
and enlargement of Florida Farmers Ditch and Florida Canal has
been completed and they will be placed in service in fiscal year 1964.
Construction work on the laterals will be completed in fiscal year
1964. Storage. of irrigation water is scheduled to begin in January
1964.

Hammond Participating Project, New Mexico

The Hammond project located in northwestern New Mexico was
essentially completed in fiscal year 1963. The project features, which
n.:l1 ~MH;~O <l fnll water supply for 3,900 acres of arid lands, include

th.e Hammond diversion dam, a h . .
mIle-long main canal, a system f ~drauhc pumpmg plant, the 29-
center. 0 aterals and a proJ'ect op t'
. era lOn
Mmor work on the .
plished during fiscal yea~~~~4ca~al .and the laterals will be accom-
Hammond Conservancy Distri 't ;OJ~ct water was delivered to the
c urmg the 1963 irrigation
season.

Navajo Indian Irrigation Participating Proiect New M .
Funds ., eXICO
. were appropriated t b .
the $133 million NavaJ'o Ind' ? egm preconstruction planning of
t d t Ian Irnga tio . .
o a e ~e.re for advance plannin st . n proJect. Pnncipal activities
and ~peclfIcations for the outlet :or~dies and preparation of designs
the fIrst tunnel section of the . s at the Navajo Reservoir and
W . mam canal.
ater for the project will b .
rad~ River storage project _ Na~:Ivert:d from the existing Colo-
carned approximately 150 miles t JO umt r~servoir - and will be
Juan County N M 0 the NavajO Indian land . S
, . ex. s In an

San Juan - Cham P .. .
C I a artlclpatlng Project
o orado and New M . '
eXlco
Preconstruction work began d .
San ~aun-Chama project. Initial w~;~ng th~ year on the $86 million
studIes and completion of the definite c~:slsted of advance planning
The project will d' t p n report.
S J . Iver water from th .
.an uan RIver for utilization in th R' e upper tnbutaries of the
clpal and irrigation purposes. e 10 Grande Basin for muni-

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Seedskadee Participating Pror'ect W .
, yomlng
. Construction of the Fonte
m June .1961, and was approxi~~;e?am on the Green River began
end of fIscal year 1963 Th Y 76 percent completed b th
127 f t h' . e earth fill dam h y e
t - ee Igh and will contain 5 3 'lli ' w :n completed, will be
racts were awarded for constru~tio~l f on CUbIC yards of fill. Con-
plant and switchyard and for f . h? the 10,OOO-kilowatt power
oth~r major equipme~t items T~ms mg the. hydraulic turbine and
butlOn facilities of the project ha e b constructIOn of irrigation distri-
be fo~nd to the various problem: w~n h d~layed until a solution can
gram m Wyoming. IC eset the reclamation pro-

Smit~:ork P~rticipating Project, Colorado

e SmIth Fork project wa~ .
year. The 160-foot high 1 m'll' . ebs~entIallY completed this fiscal
, 1 IOn-cu lc-yard earthfill C f
raw ord Dam