BOARD00374

• Board Meeting Date: 9/30/1957
• Description: Minutes
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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APPENDIX Ai

THE JUNIPER PROJECT

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Location.

The Juniper dam site is in the Juniper mountain canyon,
located about 20 miles south-west of Craig, Colorado, and six
miles east of Maybell on the Yampa river. It is one mile south
of U. S. 40.

Development.

The following is quoted from the Bureau of Reclamation
report, Region 4, given in February, 1957: "The Juniper unit
as tentatively planned would serve 10l,280 acres of full service
land, including 32,920 acres in Colorado and 68,360 acres in
Utah, and would incidentally aid in fish and wildlife conserv-
ation, recreational development and sediment control."

Reservoir.

Also quoted from the Bureau report: "Juniper reservoir
on the Yampa river would have a capacity of 850,000 acre feet,
including 250,000 acre feet of active capacity, 530,000 acre
feet of dead storage below the canal diversion elevation, and
70,000 acre feet for sediment storage above the dead storage
elevation. The dam forming the reservoir would be a rolled
earth-fill structure 165 feet in height above the stream bed
and 620 feet long at the crest. The soils comprising the
valley and terrace lands are principally alluvial, while those
of the benches are generally residual. In their present state,
the soils support growths of grass, sagebrush, and greasewood
and with irrigation development they should be quite productive.
Average frost-free period is 123 days; precipitation averages
about eight inches annually, With adequate irrigation provided
by the Juniper unit lands could be developed to the production
of cash crops, small grains, alfalfa and pasture. Sheep pro-
duction and dairying would probably be dominant on a majority
of farms."

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Recreation.

The lake formed by the Juniper dam would be approximately
20 miles in length. It would provide excellent scenic views
in two canyons, each some three miles in length. Boating
enthusiasts would take the water at the bridge south of Craig
for a 40-mile found trip.

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