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High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Island Lake Dam, Kamas

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Island Lake Dam, Kamas, Summit County, UT. Surveyed as HAER UTAH,22-KAM.V,1-E-, with a 512-word written history.

From the record

“The Island Lake Dam is one of several lakes in the upper Provo River drainage impounded by the Provo Reservoir Company for irrigation water storage in the The small dam has the sloped profile and steel outlet mechanism that characterizes it as representative of earth-fill water retention structures in the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project.”

Written record, HAER UTAH,22-KAM.V,1-E- survey. Machine-read text.

Surveyed by the federal HAER program as HAER UTAH,22-KAM.V,1-E- · the record runs 512 words · one of 48 surveyed structures published for this county.

Sources: the survey record at the Library of Congress

Significance

390 words

The headings the report itself prints. Each one jumps to where it begins.

Source document Quoted word for word from HAER UTAH,22-KAM.V,1-E-. Not written, edited or summarised by this site.

The Island Lake Dam is one of several lakes in the upper Provo River drainage impounded by the Provo Reservoir Company for irrigation water storage in the The small dam has the sloped profile and steel outlet mechanism that characterizes it as representative of earth-fill water retention structures in the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project. Inventoried by: Clayton Fraser and James Jurale Fraserdesign Loveland, Colorado October 17, High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, 0 Island Lake Dam HAER No. UT-41-E (Page 2)

Historical Information

The Provo Reservoir Company of Provo, Utah, received permission from the National Forest Service to impound water for irrigation on Island and Fire lakes in September and to build dams on the lakes in Located at the head of the North Fork of the Provo River above Duck and Fire lakes, Island Lake is characterized by shorelines of rocky cliffs, grassy meadows and stands of timber. The lake in its natural state overflowed into a smaller pond, the outlet of which was dammed by the reservoir company in Island Lake was both lowered below the natural level by a dug ditch and raised by the dam to increase storage capacity and control water flow. The dam typifies small-scale earth-fill construction, with stone riprap placed on the sloped upstream and downstream faces.

A 12" Hardesty Model 112 circular headgate regulates the corrugated steel outlet pipe, and a concrete spillway drains the overflow. The dam, outlet and spillway remain in fair condition today. It is proposed to breach the dam and remove the original spillway to lower the water to its natural level.

Architectural Information

Dam length: 163 feet Dam height: 8 feet Dam width: 12 feet Construct: Earth fill dam with stone riprap facing Lake size: acres; 460 acre-foot maximum capacity; 2 feet maximum drawdown Outlet: Pipe with inclined gate; concrete spillway with freeboard (removed) BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION "Preliminary Engineering Report: Stabilization of High Mountain Lakes, Provo River Drainage," National Forest Service Report, page 24. Island Lake Reservoir File #16-E, Kamas Ranger Station, Wasatch National Forest, Kamas, Utah Field inspection by Clayton Fraser and Robert Righter, July 25, For additional information, see Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, HAER No. UT-30. # High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Fire Lake Dam (North Fork No. 5 Lake Dam) HAER No. UT-41-D (Page 3) MAXIMUM DAM S6ALC-. l"=

In context

Kamas, Utah The place record: every map, photograph and survey of this town.
Summit County, Utah 98 topographic sheets across the county.
Library of Congress record The original filed report as the survey filed it.

Also surveyed in Kamas

15 records

The federal surveyors worked through Kamas building by building. These are the other structures they measured and filed a report on, longest report first.

SheetStructure SurveyReport
High Mountain Dams in Bonneville UnitHAER UTAH,22-KAM.V,1-N-601 words
High Mountain Dams in Bonneville UnitHAER UTAH,22-KAM.V,1-A-594 words
High Mountain Dams in Bonneville UnitHAER UTAH,22-KAM.V,1-D-589 words
High Mountain Dams in Bonneville UnitHAER UTAH,22-KAM.V,1-L-582 words
High Mountain Dams in Bonneville UnitHAER UTAH,22-KAM.V,1-O-572 words
High Mountain Dams in Bonneville UnitHAER UTAH,22-KAM.V,1-M-560 words
High Mountain Dams in Bonneville UnitHAER UTAH,22-KAM.V,1-G-542 words
High Mountain Dams in Bonneville UnitHAER UTAH,22-KAM.V,1-C-539 words
High Mountain Dams in Bonneville UnitHAER UTAH,22-KAM.V,1-H-513 words
High Mountain Dams in Bonneville UnitHAER UTAH,22-KAM.V,1-J-511 words
High Mountain Dams in Bonneville UnitHAER UTAH,22-KAM.V,1-B-506 words
High Mountain Dams in Bonneville UnitHAER UTAH,22-KAM.V,1-F-486 words
High Mountain Dams in Bonneville UnitHAER UTAH,22-KAM.V,1-I-475 words
High Mountain Dams in Bonneville UnitHAER UTAH,22-KAM.V,1-K-448 words
High Mountain Dams in Bonneville UnitHAER UTAH,22-KAM.V,1-294 words

Provenance

  • Written history. Quoted verbatim from HAER UTAH,22-KAM.V,1-E-. United States federal work, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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