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<br />CHAPTER IV <br /> <br />PLAN FORMULATION <br /> <br />and about 1.7 more miles of Big Beaver Creek would be inundated. One <br />ranch, including about, 80 acres of irrigated land, would also be flooded. <br />A small amount of wildlife range and livestock grazing would be lost. <br /> <br />Miller Creek site <br /> <br />The proposed Miller Creek Reservoir site lies on Miller Creek about <br />3 miles upstream from its mouth. A capacity of 30,000 acre-feet would be <br />feasible. This reservoir would produce high quality water for municipal <br />and industrial use in the vicinity of Meeker, but the location is not <br />convenient to serve other purposes. <br /> <br />The stream is now fairly well regulated, and a high dam would be <br />required to obtain full storage. One ranch containing about 170 acres <br />of irrigated land would be inundated. <br /> <br />Coal Creek site <br /> <br />A good reservoir basin is located on Coal Creek about 9 miles above <br />its confluence with Little Beaver Creek. This site consists of an open <br />basin behind a small canyon. The creek has an annual flow of only about <br />4,400 acre-feet, which is almost fully allocated to three existing <br />irrigation ditches. A small feeder canal presently augments the natural <br />supply by conveying water from Fawn Creek. Expansion of this feeder <br />canal would be impractical as the Fawn Creek watershed is also small. <br />The Coal Creek site would provide a good terminal storage reservoir if a <br />water supply could be made available. <br /> <br />,r" " <br /> <br />.'" <br /> <br />Powell Park site <br /> <br />A large reservoir has been suggested for construction on the White <br />River at the lower end of Powell Park about 12 miles west of Meeker. <br />An optimum size would be about 80,000 acre-feet, but a much larger water <br />supply could be made available. A reservoir at this site would be <br />convenient to oil shale uses and would provide some flood control and <br />river regulation benefits. The release of cold water might create a <br />trout fishery in the river below the dam. <br /> <br />There are serious disadvantages to the Powell Park site. It is too <br />far downstream to serve irrigation, coal development, or municipal <br />needs. About 885 acres of irrigated land would be inundated, and a <br />stretch of Colorado Highway 64 would have to be relocated. ~ long, <br />expensive dam would be required. <br /> <br />/ <br /> <br />Yellow Creek site <br /> <br />A reservoir site on Yellow Creek about 4 miles upstream from its <br />mouth has been investigated by the Rio Blanco Oil Shale Project to <br /> <br />33 <br />