WY01379 - Deaver Dam


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Deaver Dam


	Statistics

General

Region (Map) : ................... Great Plains

State (Map) ......................... Wyoming

County ................................. Park

Project: ................................. Shoshone

Dam type: ............................ Earthfill

Location: ............................. 2 mi NW of Deaver

Watercourse: ...................... Offstream

Reservoir: ............................ Deaver

Construction Date: .............1918

National ID Number ........... WY01379

Hydrologic Unit Code ......

Dimensions

Crest Elevation of Dam: ................... 4309.0 ft

Structural Height of Dam: ................... 14.0 ft

Crest Length: ....................................... 1,300.0 ft

Top of Joint Use: ...................................... NA

Top of Active Conservation: ......... 4,305.0 ft

Top of Inactive Conservation: ............... NA

Spillway Crest: .......................................... NA

Top of Dead Storage: ...................... 4295.0 ft

Streambed at Dam Axis: ........................... NA

Hydraulics

Normal Water Surface Elev: ............... 4305.0 ft

Hydraulic Height: ..................................... 10.0 ft

Service Spillway Type:.............................. None

Uncontrolled Crest ................................ No

Morning-Glory ........................................... No

Crest Length ........................................... NA

Gated ....................................................... No

Capacity at Elev: ....................................... NA

Auxiliary Spillway ......................................... No

Capacity at Elev. ..................................... NA

Outlet Works Capacity at

Elevation 4305.0 ft., ............................ 21 cfs

Hydrology

Drainage Area: ................................. sq mi

Hydrometeorological Report HMR x

Flood Type: ...............................General

Storm Duration: ....................................... hrs

Probable Maximum Flood (PMF) Report:

Peak Inflow: .................................. cfs

Inflow Volume: ........................ acre-ft

Flow Duration: ......................................0 days

PMF Routing MWS Elev.: ................. x.0 ft

Initial Routing Elev: ............................ x.0 ft

Study Date:

Power Generation

Power Generation at Dam Site - None

Bureau of Reclamation Power Program

Narration

Geology

Deaver Dam is located in the northwestern Bighorn Basin in a small basin between Sage and Polecat Creeks, tributaries of the Bighorn River. The foundation of Deaver Dam consists of late Cretaceous Shale overlain by Quaternary pediment deposits. The pediment deposits consist of gravel with some sand, silt and gravel mostly unlithified, but locally cemented by caliche. The gravels contain subangular to subrounded pebbles and some cobbles. Thickness of gravels at the damsite is not known, but Cody Shale is exposed nearby along the reservoir. The Cody Shale contains buff sandy shale and thinly laminated buff sandstone, moderately lithified. These beds dip about 5 degrees southwest.

Links

| Recreation | NA

| Dams Located by State | USBR Wyoming Dams | North Great Plains Region Dams |

| Owner: Bureau of Reclamation, Wyoming Area Office,
PO Box 1630, Mills, WY 82644-1630, (307) 261-5671

| Operator: Deaver Irrigation District,
PO Box 205, Deaver, WY 82421, (307) 664-2351

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