WSP05705

• File Number: 8407
• Description: Platte River Basin - River Basin General Publications
• State: CO
• Basin: Statewide
• Date: 3/11/1964
• Author: CWCB
• Title: Engineering and Geologic Investigation and Analysis of Alternate Proposed Dam Sites on the South Platte River - Morgan and Weld Counties-Colorado
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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ENGINEERING AND GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS AND ANALYSIS
OF ALTERNATE PROPOSED DAM SITES ON
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER IN MORGAN AND WElD COUNTIES,
COLORADO

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At the request of MJ.'. Felix Sparks, Director of the State of

Colorado Water Conservation Board, the undersigned consultants have

reviewed all available pertinent data relative to the above-

mentioned dam sites, The sites were examined in the field with

engineering and geological personnel from the U. S. Bureau of

Reclamation and with Mr. Cecil Osborne, engineer fOl' The Riverside

Irrigation District. In addition, the writers visited the offices

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of engineers of the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation and of the con-

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sultants for The Riverside Irrigation District and conducted re-

search into our own files rela ti ve to the geology and soils of

the area.

It was explained by Mr. Sparks that the U. S. Bureau of

Reclamation has iadicated a preference for a site, des:i,gnated as

the "Narrows" site, located at a point on the South Platte River,

approximately 7~ miles upstream from the city of Fort Morgan,

Colorado. He also stated that the members of The Riverside

Irrigation Disttict were of the opinion that a site farther up-

stream might be preferable. The upstream site would be located

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near the town of Hardin. Colorado and designated as the "Weld

County" site. In actuality three alternative Weld County sites

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were shown to the writers. These were named the upper Weld County

site, the lower Weld County site and the Osborne site.

Although there arc many factors which must be considered in