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<br />t',_ '" ~l / <br /> <br />LOGAN UNIT' <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The potential Logan Unit of the Elkhorn Division would be located in the Logan Creek <br />Val ley of northeast Nebraska in Wayne, Dixon, Thurston, Cuming, and Burt Counties. This <br />project would provide irrigation, flood control, recreation, and fish and wi Idl ife benefits. <br />The Elkhorn Val ley Water Resources Association and the Lower Elkhorn Watershed Planning <br />Board have shown interest in multi-purpose development of the Elkhorn Basin. The U. S. Bureau <br />of Reclamation is planning this project. <br /> <br />Current status <br /> <br />A reconnaissance report was published in Apri I of 1966 but before any steps toward con- <br />struction can be taken, local interest must be evident, a feasibi I ity study must be authorized <br />and money appropriated for further study of this project. <br /> <br />Description of Project Area <br /> <br />lrrigable lands ccrnprise valley bottom lands, valley terraces and uplands. The valley <br />lands are belts varying in width up to a maximum of three mi les. The soi I is developed mostly <br />from loess. Poor drainage conditions exist in parts of the val ley lands. <br />Rainfall averages 28 inches with approximately 21 inches falling during the months of <br />Apri I through September. <br />The economy of this area is basically agricultural. Most business activity stems from <br />the processing and marketing of farm products. <br /> <br />Extent of Project Investiqations <br /> <br />The irrigation potential of the Elkhorn Basin was studied by the Bureau of Reclamation <br />during the late 1940's and early 1950's. The drought of the middle 1950's adversely affected <br />the local economy of this area and a group of individuals showed interest in irrigation and <br />related resource development. This group was instrumental in securing the initiation of the <br />reconnaissance investigations leading to this proposal and plan. <br /> <br />Plan Features <br /> <br />Pender Dam and Reservoir would be located on Logan Creek in Dixon, Wayne, and Thurston <br />Counties. The dam structure would be located approximately two mi les north of the town of <br />Pender. <br />A gated overflow spi Ilway would discharge 127,000 c.f.s. from the flood pool. <br />The outlet works to the Bancroft Canal would be located near the right end of the dam <br />and have a design capacity of 200 c.f.s. Bancroft Canal would have a length of 36 mi les and <br />would serve the total irrigable area of 11,700 acres. <br />Irrigation and recreation are the major benefits of this project, but Pender Dam and <br />Reservoir would also have a flood control capacity of 136,000 acre-feet and provide some <br />benefits to fish and wi Idl ife. <br /> <br />Project Benefits <br /> <br />Direct benefits derived from this project would include irrigation, enhancement of fish <br />and wi ldlife and recreation, and flood control. The recreation, fish and wi ldl Ife features of <br />this project will provide 750,000 recreation days and 42,500 fisherman days annually. <br /> <br />Remainlnq Water Resource Problems and Needs <br /> <br />This project <br />floods Is needed. <br />recreation. <br /> <br />would reduce flood damages downstream but substantially more protection from <br />There is a I so need for add I tl ona I I and treatment measures and water based <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />"Lower Basin, Elkhorn Division, Nebraskall, ReconnaIssance Report, April 1966. For <br />information write: Area Engineer, Bureau of Reclamation, Grand Island, Nebraska. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />2-9 <br />