| Show ah history astor y of the M moon AW 11 z L lake ame 0 vs h e water aw im wp ter 5 storage EW I 1 project r AV oct submitted by E 0 LARSON eum engineer aei soon goon vhf after ter abue opening of the t he 41 uintah basin for settlement I 1 t r was found that the water eu epli from the natural flow of the strains was waa in sufficient to lr ir the lands landa 8 of the white settlers after ini dlan dian lands had been sup supplied pried 4 t from the prior rights of which tie fie indians indiana were 0 owners the ie farmers ader he various private canal corne come atries anies an ies came to the realization hit hat the only solution of their roblee was in storage reservoirs he e small lakes on the he awat ers rs of tile file stream 3 were first u d as 8 reservoirs as the dams on oil the t lie lufleta klets of these lakes were with r n reach of being constructed by he e farmers themselves the lakes ta a small in comparison to the tal otal demand for late season wat r and therefore only partially imitate the water shortage during the development of the dinall all lakes the dry gulch xion lon company which began as a mutual farmers organization in several canals on both be e late lake fork and uintah river systems ys became interested in storage forage possibilities on a larger scale one or two small dams yere attempted on the west fork it JAke fork liver near the outlet f moon L 1 ke but the dams eith r tailed aurl dur li te period of heir belr co or fir ame w ie rever completed plated through the efforts of 0 he dry gulch irrigation corn com rany any investigations wore were carried arn carr ed led on from about 1922 0 10 o 1925 tl lie JK alin rait possibly po sibly large lare corae e ani 14 roii col tru i inie cli pl anlow al i i we fins dug af pf 9 1 t ti lan an i i ail 1 I alt h 1 ver I 1 er biln i il n rn prepay astl lave lao ol 01 ii i ot ol a 1 ilaw ilam and ou iii bt t wol voi k 1 hah all water vater storage commission ii en CI mih tho dry irrigation compan con coin pan panN iiii a n d ther ither interests in the uintah lias bag n the water storage e cyl nison slon ecamp ae irne ie in investigating hv e lake project in 1926 nd 1827 1927 which was a few years after fter ftc r the creation of teris IOA ilon by the state slate legislature of fill the commission began its at that time along ith the investigation of many ther projects in utah the in estimations were directly in line ith the work of the commission ats powers and duties as ed bythe act created tiro the mission are to maker make incesti lo to the lie full and roper development and on oil or of the states water supply i make preliminary surveys ex inactions tests and plans and of cost cosolito lito prepare and impale all such information and arta a so obtained obtain cd that may become to it to employ such clinical assistants assi stanta and other tip ip as the tunas at the disposal t the may inay permit nd d as aa may bre be deemed necessary d advisable to lo cooperate in all leh work with any county or unties city state slate federal or her agency interested in the teri ales water iu supply ply to formu te and recommend to the gov eov nor prior to the meeting of tha ext at regular session of the legle ture lure of the state of utah the of such legislation as aa ay be advisable or necessary to ft t into effect a definite plan or for the ultimate develop ent t and utilization of tes water resources in juner june 1927 tile the commission rea into a cooperative con bic tu the bureau of anto for the investigation and nning ot of what la is known as the boon on like lake project the bureau it reclamation has bas conducted in lestle allona of th tile moon like lake project eject on several occasions and implied reports thereof explain ie g the project and estimated ests 0 of its construction Je lea atura turea the moon lake project prole ct along alon etli tai other utah projects project fl was waa omitted by the utah water orage commission to the federal ederae ner gency administration of pub c works in 1933 after which an of was made r the construction of the pro act toon lake water users ocia tion s As a result or of tile the investigation u on by the bureau of rec atlon the water users under akl 41 an X 11 v go r t W 6 1 vi A 4 AM moon lake damsite looking down stream white line indicates crest of dam picture taken by E J construction engineer on moon lake project several of 0 the canal compary ies on oil the lake pork fork and uintah rivers voiced a desire for or the construction of the project several of the canal companies joined with the dry gulch irrigation company which is the largest single company of the project in submitting the project to the utah state water storage cm emission and to the bureau of reclamation as a project which should be constructed ted under the terms of the reclamation act the project was considered many timea time 4 by the storage commission along wit with h other projects within the state stale which were deg desirous irous of becoming a federal reclamation project i i ii 1 blo pi bif alminar liml nir work f i Y IK iiri alfon on comi edh ahil ritually ally ibey orsan izail hi in i IN lat pv s hoo what is known as flit dip moon lahe V ator users As AO which haa ba executed a contract with the united states state through the bureau of reclamation ina for the construction of the project and the repayment of the cots each of the canal coAp companies anies bene fitting in the project i 1 a stockholder in the association this bolm of organization involved considerable detailed on the part or 0 the canal companies in clearing up titles ot of water rights and canals and in amending their articles of incorporation po ration it necessitated a vote on the part of the individual stockholders of each company in order to qualify the company as a stockholder in the association bureau of reclamation the bureau of reclamation mati on beginning in 1327 1927 made detailed led topographic surveys of the moon lake reservoir and dransite it made extensive foundation explorations at various times irom from 1928 to 1935 reports were compiled on both the engineering and economic features of the project the general plan of the project includes the construction of the moon lake reservoir on the west fork of the lake fork river tor for the storing of 30 1000 acre feet of winter and flood waters the construction of the yellowstone Yellow stona Mone leeder feeder canal from the east cast fork of like lake fork ea stelly to the aln tah river a distance of 34 miles the construction of the Du duchesne chesno feeder canal from Due duchesne besne to tile the lake fork river a distance of 15 miles and the construction of the lateral and mid view reservoir which will serve as a 4 storage reservoir tor for acre feet and at the same time act as an equalizing reservoir for the duchesne Pu heene chesne feeder canal the duchesne feeder canal will be used to divert the surplus water of the duehesne Duc Due besne river to the indian lands under two of the indian canals which will make the transfer tran fer of indian Indi att canal water to the higher land of the moon lake project the Ild view reservoir will be b used ubel for or the same saine purpose as water v will be stored in this reservoir to bo be delivered to the indian canals on the like lake fork river in the late lata season so BO that the indian awatar inay be diverted up stream aTil into canals of the moon lake project this exchange will not only add materially to the water supply in III general on the lake fork river but will allow the aranar tr anar r of water from the Lake fork river easterly through th the yellowstone low stone feeder canal to replenish the water supply on the t h e uintah river area of 0 the project broje c t the construction st tion of the tha canals wll will also aid in the storing of more water in the moon lake reservoir in years ol of extremely low run off than would otherwise be possible the moon lake reservoir will be used to furnish water during the middle and late summer seaon to t the e nine canal companies which are stockholders in the water users association the whole plan is one to vid kid the land owners on the lake fork and uintah rivers to secure as aa lull full a water supply as aa is possible to obtain within reasonable reach the investigation of the project the formulating of the project plan and the compiling of the reports were done under the oal aal direction of E 0 larson 11 er of vie the bureau of reclamation ia tion for construction purposes the project was divided into two offices in april 1935 the construction of the moon lake dam is being carried on by E J as engineer in charge the work of 0 building the dam is being done by contract with T E connolly of san francico cl co california the canal system and the Alid view reservoir are being constructed under the direction of mr larson as engineer in charge A large part of th the duchesne feeder canal is al ready completed and the work up to la the present time is being accomplished with the use 0 of f camp BR 1311 11 itis it as expected that the reservoir and canal system will be completed during 1936 and will be available for use of the irrigation system in 1937 facts about the moon take jake dam LOCATION 42 miles N W roosevelt utah on the llie west fork of the Lake tork fork river TYPE earth embankment with concrete cutoff wall 12 feet in height bonded into bedrock HEIGHT feet from lowest foundation to top and go 90 feet from river to top TOP 35 feet BOTTOM THICKNESS at maximum section feet length ALONG CREST 1120 feet ELEVATION OF TOP OF DAM feet above sea level ELEVATION OF HIGH WATER I 1 1 SURFACE feet above s sea a level CAPACITY acre feet RESERVOIR length 3 miles elea acres full WATERSHED sq miles AVERAGE ANNUAL RUNOFF of 0 lake fork river at dam 68 acre feet SPILLWAY CAPACITY second leet icet OUTLET TUNNEL capacity under full head 1200 second feet VOLUME OF embankment cubic yards of eartle fill cubic yards of rock fill and cubic yards of rock cipra P on 0 upstream face of dam AREA ABEA TO BE FURNISHED I a supplemental water supply acres or of land under nine I 1 existing canal companies on the lake fork and uintah rivers WM E R WALLACE of salt lake city chairman of the utah water storage commission the greatest booster for moon lake |
