| Show r wry L 1 a n T Y n y fl- fl 4 Y q x W Wr w l lk lp r t k II p e 4 t 1 rt a y Ill J 4 a dw x r R GRASSHOPPER FLAT erosion problem is shown by this picture taken before a new concrete concrete concrete con con- crete pipeline was built For nearly 40 years the theone theone theone one and one-half one mile link to the Oaks Park Reservoir canal system has been eroding and A portion of a water delivery system conceived in 1937 was completed this year with share cost-share funds provided by bythe bythe bythe the USDA Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service A concrete pipeline designed by the USDA Soil Conservation Service was installed through Grasshopper Flat Ashley National Forest land The pipeline consists of an inlet structure with a capacity of 70 feet of 30 inch diameter pipe and feet of 24 inch diameter pipe for a total of feet of underground pipe which ends in inan inan inan an impact basin designed to slow the water from its foot plunge This brought an end to an erosion and water loss problem which has plagued the Ashley Valley Reservoir Company for 40 years The Ashley Valley Reservoir Company Company Company Com Com- pany has developed several related agriculture-related water storage and delivery systems in cooperation with the Ashley National Forest in the Ashley Creek Watershed area of Uintah County One of these systems Oaks Park Canal was started in 1937 under the Work Project Agreement WPM program The canal was designed to transport water from Oaks Park Reservoir to Ashley Creek approximately approximately approximately ap ap- ap- ap proximately 6 miles WHEN WilEN CONSTRUCTION of the canal reached the head of Grasshopper Flat r m seep seeping ng through Grasshopper Flat Today a pipeline runs the complete distance in a straight line and the deep gorge has been covered over and Grasshopper Flat pipeline ends c canal nal proved year 40 year 1 t one and one-half one miles short of Ashley Creek construction funds were gone Water from the canal was released on the Grasshopper Flat area to make its own way to Ashley Creek The water found its way to Ashley Creek but in doing so caused a gully to form which increased in size over the years Through cooperative efforts of the Uintah Basin Soil Conservation District and Forest Service funds and technical assistance were provided to the Ashley Valley Reservoir Reservoir Reservoir Reser Reser- voir Company Water from Oaks Park Reservoir now flows through Grasshopper Flat to Ashley Creek with less sediment and no loss of water The pipeline was installed gully eliminated and seeding of disturbed areas completed for a total cost of of which came from cost cent share funds Contractor for forthe forthe forthe the job was Lamar D D. D Stephenson Construction Company Water from Oaks Park Reservoir supplements the flow of Ashley Creek which provides water to eight different irrigation companies consisting of approximately stockholders with over shares of water Culinary water for Vernal City and surrounding areas is supplemented from Ashley Creek by an exchange between the city and the irrigation companies for use of water from Ashley Springs Amo Amoco o oto to drill well south of Vernal Amoco Production will drill a projected foot oil and gas test well some 50 miles south of Vernal notes Carlton Stowe minerals specialist Department of Natural Resources Amoco's well site is the No 1 l Buck Camp located in Section 22 Township 12 South Range 22 East Inthe in inthe inthe the southern area of Uintah County At the foot objective possible oil and gas deposits in the Mississippian formation will be tested Closest drilling in the vicinity has been done Inthe in inthe inthe the Seep Ridge field four miles to the south A deep test in this area was drilled to feet where production was established at a depth of feet There is also production found at feet The new test well is also four miles east- east southeast of the Buck Canyon field Held where production is found at much shallower depths Operations at Amoco's remote tes test t site are expected expected expected ex ex- ex- ex to begin In the near future |
