High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Brown Duck Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 4.4 miles North of Miners Gulch Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT. Surveyed as HAER UTAH,7-MOHO.V,1-B, with a 433-word written history.
“Brown Duck Lake is one of three high mountain lakes dammed by the Farnsworth Canal and Reservoir Company in The dam is representative, though structurally damaged, and the recent replacement of the outlet mechanism has compromised its historically integrity.”
Written record, HAER UTAH,7-MOHO.V,1-B survey. Machine-read text.
Surveyed by the federal HAER program as HAER UTAH,7-MOHO.V,1-B · the record runs 433 words · one of 28 surveyed structures published for this county.
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Brown Duck Lake is one of three high mountain lakes dammed by the Farnsworth Canal and Reservoir Company in The dam is representative, though structurally damaged, and the recent replacement of the outlet mechanism has compromised its historically integrity. Inventoried by: Clayton Fraser and James Juralc Fraserdesign Loveland, Colorado October 20, High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Brown Duck Lake Dam HAER No. UT-42-B (Page 2)
Historical Information
The Farnsworth Canal and Reservoir Company filed for irrigation water storage rights on three mountain lakes -- Brown Duck, Island and Kidney - in the Lake Fork River drainage in July The permits were approved by the State Engineer the following April, and the small-scale earth-fill dams completed by November The lowest of the three lakes in the Brown Duck Basin, this reservoir receives water from the other two. With a surface area of 36 acres, Brown Duck is the smallest of the three lakes, and with a crest length of 220 feet, the retention structure is the shortest. The dam is partially breached in it has not functioned for agricultural water storage since. It remains in damaged and uncertain condition.
Architectural Information
Dam length: 220 feet Dam height: 15 feet Dam width: 20 feet Construct: Earth fill dam with stone riprap facing Lake size: acres; 268 acre-foot maximum capacity Outlet: Gated steel pipe; concrete spillway BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION "Preliminary Engineering Report: Stabilization of High Mountain Lakes, Upalco Unit," National Forest Service Report, page 4. William F. Gettleman, "Report on the Lakes and Reservoir of the Headwaters of the Uintah, Whiterocks and Lakefork Rivers, Uintah Project, Utah; February page 18. Field inspection by Clayton Fraser, July 22, For additional information, see Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, HAER No. High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Brown Duck Lake Dam HAER No. UT-42-B (Page 3) MAXIMUM DFSftWDOUJKJ SCALE: l"* (sOO
| 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-A- | 487 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 |
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