High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Bluebell Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 11.2 miles Northwest of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT. Surveyed as HAER UTAH,7-MOHO.V,1-A-, with a 487-word written history.
“Bluebell Lake is one of several natural high mountain lakes in the Swift Creek and Yellowstone River drainages dammed by the Farmers Irrigation Company in the and to store water for irrigation.”
Written record, HAER UTAH,7-MOHO.V,1-A- survey. Machine-read text.
Surveyed by the federal HAER program as HAER UTAH,7-MOHO.V,1-A- · the record runs 487 words · one of 28 surveyed structures published for this county.
The headings the report itself prints. Each one jumps to where it begins.
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Bluebell Lake is one of several natural high mountain lakes in the Swift Creek and Yellowstone River drainages dammed by the Farmers Irrigation Company in the and to store water for irrigation. The dam is a representative example of small-scale earth-fill construction in the Upalco Unit of the Central Utah Project. Inventoried by: Clayton Fraser and James Jurale Fraserdesign Loveland, Colorado October 21, High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Bluebell Lake Dam HAER No. UT-42-A (Page 2)
Historical Information
On July the National Forest Service granted special use permits to the Farmers Irrigation Company for the water storage rights on Bluebell and Drift lakes, two high mountain lakes in the Yellowstone River drainage. Both were natural pools located at the base of a rock slide ridge which forms the western wall of the Garfield Basin. The Forest Service recommended that a 200-foot-long by 2-foot-high dam across the northeastern outlet of Bluebell Lake would greatly increase its active storage capacity. The structure that the irrigation company completed in was similar in length, though taller than the recommended size, substantially increasing the lake's volume.
The dam featured standard earth-fill construction, with a sloped upstream face covered with riprap stone and a steel pipe outlet with upright screw-type gate. The original dam and outlet remain. It is proposed that the dam be breached, a spillway built through it, and the outlet blocked to return the water to its natural level.
Architectural Information
Dam length: 230 feet Dam height: 8 feet Dam width: 7 feet Construct: Earth fill dam with stone riprap facing Lake size: acres; 25S acre-foot maximum capacity; 6 vertical foot maximum drawdown Outlet: Gated steel pipe BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION "Preliminary Engineering Report: Stabilization of High Mountain Lakes, Upalco Unit," National Forest Service Report, page 25. William F. Gettleman, "Report on the Lakes and Reservoir of the Headwaters of the Uintah, Whiterocks and Lakefork Rivers, Uintah Project, Utah; February page 22. Bluebell Lake Reservoir File Roosevelt District Ranger Office, Ashley National Forest, Roosevelt, Utah. Field inspection by Robert Righter, July For additional information, see Irrigation Canals in the Uintah Basin, HAER No. UT-30.
High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Bluebell Lake Dam HAER No. UT-42-A (Page 3)
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| Mountain Home, Utah | The place record: every map, photograph and survey of this town. |
| Duchesne County, Utah | 77 topographic sheets across the county. |
| Library of Congress record | The original filed report as the survey filed it. |
The federal surveyors worked through Mountain Home building by building. These are the other structures they measured and filed a report on, longest report first.
| Sheet | Structure | Survey | Report |
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| High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit | HAER UTAH,7-MOHO.V,1- | 1,736 words | |
| High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit | HAER UTAH,7-MOHO.V,1-C- | 591 words | |
| High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit | HAER UTAH,7-MOHO.V,1-N- | 561 words | |
| High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit | HAER UTAH,7-MOHO.V,1-F- | 560 words | |
| High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit | HAER UTAH,7-MOHO.V,1-H- | 527 words | |
| High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit | HAER UTAH,7-MOHO.V,1-G- | 526 words | |
| High Mountain Dams in Upaco Unit | HAER UTAH,7-MOHO.V,I-L- | 517 words | |
| High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit | HAER UTAH,7-MOHO.V,1-E- | 514 words | |
| High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit | HAER UTAH,7-MOHO.V,1-K- | 513 words | |
| High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit | HAER UTAH,7-MOHO.V,1-O- | 493 words | |
| High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit | HAER UTAH,7-MOHO.V,1-M- | 492 words | |
| High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit | HAER UTAH,7-MOHO.V,1-J- | 491 words | |
| High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit | HAER UTAH,7-MOHO.V,-1-I- | 474 words | |
| High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit | HAER UTAH,7-MOHO.V,1-D- | 472 words | |
| High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit | HAER UTAH,7-MOHO.V,1-B | 433 words |
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