WSP07742

• File Number: 8220.112.A
• Description: Dallas Creek Participating Project
• State: CO
• Basin: Gunnison
• Water Division: 4
• Date: 1/1/1960
• Title: Summary Sheets - Dallas Creek Project-Colorado
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Project Overview

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SU1lIIlUY Sheets

DALLAS CREEK PBOJECT. OOLORADO

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LOCA'UON: West-central Colorado near the town of Ridgway. Colorado and
along the headwaters of the Uncompahgre River and its tri-
butaries in ~ntrose and Ouray Counties.

The nulti..purpose project would provide storage for flood control.
recreation. fishery. water quality control. municipal water and the
irrigation of 13.720 acres of supplemental service land and 14.920
acres of full service lands. Principle features of the project are:
Dallas leeder Canal. which collects the surplus flows of the tri-
butaries of Dallas Creek for storage in the potential Dallas Divide'
Reservoir. Log Hill Mesa Canal, to convey water from Dallas Divide
Reservoir to project lands on Upper Log Hill Mesa. Ridgway Reservoir.
near the intersection of the Uncompahgre River and Dallas Creek to
provide storage for flood control. municipal water, and irrigation
water to be pumped to Lower Log Hill Mesa and distributed by the
McKenzie Canal. Cow Creek Feeder 'WOuld be constructed from Cow
Creek to Ridgway Reservoir to provide the reservoir with an 4dditional
source of water; Sneva Reservoir. an off-stream site between Cow
Creek and Dry Creek. 'WOuld be built 80 as to supply the presently
irrigated lands in the Cow Creek area with a full water supply.
Also a portion of the water stored in Dallas Divide Reservoir 'WOuld
be released to the Pleasant Valley Canal to supplement the water
supply for presently irrigated lands in the Pleasant Valley and Dallas
Creek areas.

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COSTS:

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Construction Costs (Final costs are not yet available, tentative
costs are as follows:)

Reservoirs
Dallas Divide .. . .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. ..
llidgway .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Sneva . .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. . . .. . .. .. .. .. . ..
Canals
Dallas Peeder ... ..................
Pleasant Valley . .. .. .. .. .. . .. . . .. .....
Log Hill Mesa .......................
!icKenzie . . .. .. .. . . . .. . . . . . , .. .. .. ..
Cow Creek Feeder ............ ................
R.idgway Pump Plant . . . . . . . . " . " . . . . .
Laterals . . . . . . . " . . . " " " . " . . " . .
Drains " . . . . . " . . . . " . " . . . . . . " "
total . . . . . . . " . " " " . . . " . . . .

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$3,500.000
13.300.000
450.000

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1.250.000
51.000
2,175.000
1.317.000
965.000
3.150.000
1.343.000
716,000
$28.217,000

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