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• <br />• <br />PROJECT Vernal Unit, Central Utah Project <br />LOCATION Utah <br />4 miles above Vernal. Ashley Creek, Green River Drainage <br />(U 3) <br />SPONSOR U.S. Bureau of Reclamation <br />DATE OF SHEET October 27, 1977 <br />TYPE OF FACILITY Water storage for irrigation, municipal and <br />industrial use <br />STATUS Completed in 1962 <br />COMPONENTS <br />Steinaker Dam, in Steinaker Draw, 4 miles north of <br />Vernal (Sec. 35, T.35S., R.21E.), 140 feet high <br />Reservoir, total capacity - 38,173 AF, 820 surface <br />acres, active capacity - 33,282 <br />Ft .• Thornburgh Diversion Dam, on Ashley Creek <br />(Sec. 5, T.4S., R.21E.), diverts water from Ashley <br />Creek to Steinaker Reservoir <br />Steinaker Feeder Canal <br />Steinaker Service Canal • <br />PROJECTED IMPACTS ON THE COLORADO RIVER SYSTEM <br />Estimated annual depletion - 15,000 AF <br />Estimated annual contributeon to salt load -.1,000 tons <br />REFERENCES <br />U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Central Utah Project; <br />'Jernal Unit Project Histories <br />• <br />