WSP03108 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

~. . l~ Lr:l -.. C.J SUNMARY SHEET YELLOW JACKET PROJECT, COLORADO Units 1 and 2 (Juniper Studies) December 1964 LOCATION: Along the White River Basin in the vicinity of Meeker. Co lor ado. ~: The multi-purpose first and second unit development would pro- vide storage for recreation, fishery. municipal and industrial water, and the irrigation of 23.226 acres. including 4.964 acres of supplemental service land and 18,262 acres of full service land. The principal features are: Lost Park Reservoir located on a tributary of the North Fork of the White River; Yellow Jacket Canal which diverts from the North Fork of the White River and terminates at the beginning of the Coal Creek Canal; Josephine Basin Canal. diverting from the Yellow Jacket Canal and serving the project lands in Little Beaver. Flag Creek. and Josephine Basin areas (during off-peak periods the Josephine Basin Canal would deliver municipal and industrial water at its terminus to private conveyance facilities). COSTS: Construction costa (costs are reconnaissance and subject to change) Reservoirs Lost Park Canals .......... .... ........ ................ Yellow Jacket .................................. Josephine Basin ................................ Coal Creek ..................................... Lost Park Collection ........................... Laterals and drains .............. .,e............ Total....................................... PROJECT FEATURES: (Tentative, subject to change) Lost Park Dam and Reservoir Capacity...................................... Surface area .................................. Height of dam above streambed ................. Canals Yellow Jacket Initial capacity........................... Length ..................................... $ 2,627,000 1..800.000 6.720.000 2.736,000 964.000 3.646.000 $21,493.000 22,500 A.F. 555 A. 110 ft. 500 CBS 15 mi.