Show Many Flood Erosion l Control Projects In County Listed A complete list of needed flood and erosion control projects for forthe forthe forthe the protection of Iron county farmlands farm farmlands Ian lands ranges and water sheds were outlined last week before the National National Na Na- Flood Control program of officials of of- in Salt Lake City The report re report reo re- port given by S S. F. F Leigh representing representing the county commissioners Kumen Jones representing Cedar City and the Chamber of Commerce Commerce Commerce Com Com- merce J. J T T. Leigh representing Coal Creek water users and Wm Win J. J Gurr representing Parowan City and Parowan farmers Conditions and suggested sug remedies remedies reme reme- dies were listed for the following creeks and canyons Creek Coal Springs Wash Squaw Cave Canyon Coal Creek Creck Fiddlers Canyon Dry creek Winns Winn's Hollow Summit Creek Center Creek In Including including In in- the tributaries of Parowan canyon Paragonah Canyon Little LittleCreek LittleCreek LittleCreek Creek canyon Newcastle canyon and Gold Springs Wash Floods from Cold Springs Wash or the side of Cedar mountain and Fiddlers canyon were estimated to todo todo todo do approximately a year to roads farms etc andin and andIn andIn In both cases case It was recommended that the floods be diverted to accessible ac accessible ac ac- ch channels and stored In reservoirs reo re- re reservoirs for fol Irrigation and stock watering purposes Similar recommendations were made with regards to Winn Hollow and Summit Creek with the same reservoir used for storage from both canyons It was estimated that floods Hoods from Winn Hollow do damage annually A suggested remedy for far the Newcastle Newcastle New castle problem would be to construct con control dams and a storage reservoir The annual damage done by Coal Creek through the loss of Irrigation irrigation tion water by the washing out of Irrigation dams etc damage to to roads canals railroads fences and farms was placed at As a a. remedy for this I It was suggested that diversion control devices be constructed for control of the water so that it may be put to profitable pro pro- profitable use as Irrigation water on farm lands of the valley It was also suggested that the channel DC oe dredged and rock cribbed that something be done In the headwater head headwater headwater water area In the way of fire pro pro- and for storing water on the more level lands known as the upper Hand Right canyon and for better distribution of grazing by the construction con of fences and probably for In some of the more denuded areas Recommendations for the control of the Parowan canyon situation were similar to those outlined for Cedar canyon Con Construction of control dams and cribbing of the channels were recommended for such canyons a Paragonah Little Creek and Squaw cave A copy of the complete report Ison Ison Is Ison on file in the Record office where anyone Interested may examine It |