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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />Location and General Description <br /> <br />Victor No.2 Dam and Reservoir are located on a downslope flank of, and some four <br />miles southwest of Pike's Peak. The dam embankment is constructed across the East <br />Fork Creek, a tributary of West Beaver Creek in Teller County, Colorado, as shown <br />on the Project Ma p (Fi gu re 1.1). West Beaver Creek flows genera lly south a <br />distance of approximately 35 miles to its confluence with the Arkansas River <br />approximately 20 miles west of Pueblo. <br /> <br />Neither the East Fork Creek nor West Beaver Creek below the confluence of the two <br />flow through any established town or significantly inhabited homesite. The City <br />of Victor is located off-stream approximately 5.5 miles southwest of the dam and <br />reservoir. <br /> <br />Victor Dam No.2 is located in the SW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 2, Township 14 <br />South, Range 69 West. Normal water surface elevation of the reservoir is approxi- <br />mately 10,390 feet. Apparently, the dam was originally constructed in 1898 with <br />an original height of approximately 27 feet. During the 1960's the dam was <br />raised 5 to 8 feet to increase the water storage capacity of the reservoir. <br />Original configuration of the dam is unknown, but is estimated to have had a <br />crest width of about 12-feet and upstream and downstream slopes of about 1.75 <br />horizontal to 1 vertical (1.75H:1V). When the dam was raised it was apparently <br />done so by the addition of fill on the crest and downstream slope. <br /> <br />At present, the earthfilled dam measures approximately 700 feet in length and 32 <br />feet high at the maximum section. The crest width ranges from 9.5 feet to 12.0 <br />feet along most of the length of the dam, with a maximum crest width of approxi- <br />mately 20 feet near the south (left) abutment. Crest elevations range from <br />10,397.4 feet to 10,399.1 feet. The downstream face of the dam varies in slope <br />between 3H:1V and 2H:1V. Measures of the upstream face of the dam above the <br />normal water surface revealed variable slopes between 1.75H:1V to 2H:1V. <br /> <br />The Victor Dam has two service outlets which include: a 20-inch cast iron pipe <br />which serves as a low level decant outlet and a 12-inch cast iron pipeline that <br />serves as a water supply line and flows directly into the City of Victor's water <br /> <br />10 <br />