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<br />- <br />A <br /> <br />'...- <br /> <br />00 <br />""" <br />~ <br />c-J <br /> <br />December 1964 <br /> <br />SUMHARY SHEET <br /> <br />YELLOW JACKET PROJECT, OOLORADO <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />Units 1 and 2 (original studies) \.~,,) <br /> <br />LOCATION: Along the White and Yampa River Basins in northwestern <br />Colorado. <br /> <br />~: The multi-purpose project would provide storage for recreation, <br />fishery, municipal and industrial water, and the irrigation of <br />47;570 acres of land including 6,841 acres of supplemental <br />service land and 40,729 acres of full service lands. Principal <br />features of the project are: Lost Park Reservoir, located on <br />Lost Creek, a tributary of the Nort~ Fork of the White River; <br />Thornburgh Reservoir, located on Milk Creek, Ripple Creek Reser- <br />voir, located on the North Fork of the White River; Yellow Jacket <br />Canal, which diverts from the North Fork of the l~ite River and <br />terminates at Thornburgh Reservoir; Josephine Basin Canal, divert- <br />ing from the Yellow Jacket Canal and serving project lands in the <br />Little Beaver, Flag Creek and Josephine Basin areas (during off- <br />peak periods the Josephine Basin Canal would deliver municipal <br />water at its terminus to private conveyance facilities); Coal <br />Creek Canal diverting from the Yellow Jacket Canal and deliver- <br />ing project water to project lands in the Coal Creek area; and <br />the Axial Canal which diverts from Thornburgh Reservoir and pro- <br />vides project water to the lands in Axial Basin. <br /> <br />COST: Construction costs (costs are reconnaissance and subject to change) <br />- <br /> <br />Reservoirs <br />Lost Park <br /> <br />..................................... <br /> <br />$ 2,627,000 <br />2,940,000 <br />5,081,000 <br />600,000 <br /> <br />Thornburgh .................................... <br />Ripple Creek .................................. <br />Jubb Creek (terminal storage) ................. <br />Canals <br />Yellow Jacket ................................. <br />Axial......................................... <br />Josephine Basin ............................... <br />Coal Creek .................................... <br />Ute Feeder .................................... <br />Lost Park Collection .......................... <br />Ilea .......................................... <br />Laterals and drains .............................. <br />To tal .........'............................. <br /> <br />12,290,000 <br />9,632,000 <br />6,720,000 <br />2,736,000 <br />264,000 <br />964,000 <br />628,000 <br />8.118.000 <br />$52,600,000 <br />