Storage Dams (Lovewell Dam)¹

1      

Diversion Dam

1      

Canals

206 mi  

Laterals

208 mi  

Pumping Plants

6      

Open drains

53 mi  

Subsurface drains

234 mi  

Type:

Concrete ogee weir, embankment wings

Location:

On the Republican River about 3 miles west of Guide Rock, Nebraska.

Year Completed:

1950  

Dimensions:

   Structural height

42 ft  

   Hydraulic height

8 ft  

   Weir crest length

420 ft  

   Total length

4,000 ft  

   Weir crest elevation

1,639.0 ft  

   Volume

179,000 yd³  

   Spillway capacity

42,000 cfs  

Sluiceway:

   North:

One 20- by 12-ft radial gate

   South:

One 20- by 12-ft radial gate

Headworks:

   Courtland Canal:

Concrete, right abutment: Five 10- by 6-ft radial gates.

   Superior Canal:

Concrete, left abutment: one 10- by 6-ft radial gate.

Diversion capacity:

   Courtland Canal

751 cfs  

   Superior Canal

139 cfs  

Location:

From Harlan County Dam eastward along the north side of the Republican River to 5 miles east of Red Cloud, Nebraska.

Construction period:

1952-1956  

Length

47.9 mi  

Diversion capacity

230 cfs  

Typical section in earth:

   Bottom width

14 ft  

   Side slopes

1.5:1  

   Water depth

4.8 ft  

Typical section, earth lined:

   Bottom width

14 ft  

   Side slopes

1.5:1  

   Water depth

4.8 ft  

   Lining thickness

2 ft  

Location:

From Franklin South Side Pumping Plant near Franklin, Nebraska, eastward along south side of the Republican River.

Construction period:

1951-1953  

Length

4.9 mi  

Diversion capacity

42 cfs  

Typical section in earth:

   Bottom width

6 ft  

   Side slopes

1.5:1  

   Water depth

2.6 ft  

Location:

From Harlan County Dam, generally eastward along the south side of the Republican River

Construction period:

1953-1955  

Length

9.0 mi  

Diversion capacity

30 cfs  

Typical section in earth:

   Bottom width

6 ft  

   Side slopes

1.5:1  

   Water depth

2 ft  

Typical section, earth lined:

   Bottom width

3 ft  

   Side slopes

1.5:1  

   Water depth

1.9 ft  

   Lining thickness

2 ft  

Location:

From Superior-Courtland Diversion Dam about 15 miles west of Superior, Nebraska, generally south-eastward along the north side of the Republican River to Nebraska-Kansas line

Construction period:

1949-1952  

Length

30 mi  

Diversion capacity

139 cfs  

Typical section in earth:

   Bottom width

13 ft  

   Side slopes

1.5:1  

   Water depth

4 ft  

Typical section, earth lined:

   Bottom width

11 ft  

   Side slopes

1.5:1  

   Water depth

3.57 ft  

   Lining thickness

1.5 ft  

Location:

From Superior-Courtland Diversion Dam about 17 miles west of Superior, Nebraska, generally southeastward along west side of the Republican River to vicinity of Scandia, Kansas.

Construction period:

1949-1959  

Length

55.6 mi  

Diversion capacity

751 cfs  

Typical section in earth:

   Bottom width

26 ft  

   Side slopes

1.5:1  

   Water depth

8.5 ft  

Typical section, earth lined:

   Bottom width

26 ft  

   Side slopes

1.5:1  

   Water depth

8.5 ft  

   Lining thickness

1.5 ft  

Typical section, concrete lined:

   Bottom width

16 ft  

   Side slopes

1.5:1  

   Water depth

8.44 ft  

   Lining thickness

3 in  

Typical section, asphalt lined:

   Bottom width

29 ft  

   Side slopes

2:1  

   Water depth

8.5 ft  

   Lining thickness²

2 ft  

Location:

On west side of Republican River southwest of Scandia, Kansas.

Construction period:

1967-1968  

Length

1.5 mi  

Diversion capacity

15 cfs  

Typical section in earth:

   Bottom width

4 ft  

   Side slopes

1.5:1  

   Water depth

2 ft  

Location:

On west side of Republican River southwest of Scandia, Kansas.

Construction period:

1967-1968  

Length

0.8 mi  

Diversion capacity

9 cfs  

Typical section in earth:

   Bottom width

3 ft  

   Side slopes

1.5:1  

   Water depth

1.5 ft  

Location:

On the west side of the Republican River, running north to south and directly west of the town of Courtland, Kansas.

Construction period:

1957-1958  

Length

10.6 mi  

Diversion capacity

200 cfs  

Typical section in earth:

   Bottom width

12 ft  

   Side slopes

2:1  

   Water depth

5.2 ft  

Typical section, earth lined:

   Bottom width

12 ft  

   Side slopes

2:1  

   Water depth

5.2 ft  

   Lining thickness

2 ft  

Location:

On the west side of the Republican River, northwest of Scandia, Kansas.

Construction period:

1957-1958  

Length

8.3 mi  

Diversion capacity

190 cfs  

Typical section in earth:

   Bottom width

16 ft  

   Side slopes

2:1  

   Water depth

4.6 ft  

Typical section, earth lined:

   Bottom width

16 ft  

   Side slopes

2:1  

   Water depth

4.64 ft  

   Lining thickness

2 ft  

Location:

On the west side of the Republican River, runs west to east, just northwest of Republic, Kansas.

Construction period:

1954-1955  

Length

6.3 mi  

Diversion capacity

50 cfs  

Typical section in earth:

   Bottom width

8 ft  

   Side slopes

1.5:1  

   Water depth

2.6 ft  

Location:

On the west side of the Republican River, just south of the Nebraska-Kansas State line and northwest of Republic, Kansas.

Construction period:

1960-1961  

Length

5.3 mi  

Diversion capacity

36 cfs  

Typical section in earth:

   Bottom width

6 ft  

   Side slopes

1.5:1  

   Water depth

2.6 ft  

Location:

On the west side of the Republican River, south of the Nebraska-Kansas State line and northwest of Republic, Kansas.

Construction period:

1960-1961  

Length

1.5 mi  

Diversion capacity

15 cfs  

Typical section in earth:

   Bottom width

3 ft  

   Side slopes

1.5:1  

   Water depth

1.7 ft  

Location:

On the west side of the Republican River, southwest of Scandia, Kansas.

Construction period:

1959-1960  

Length

2.1 mi  

Diversion capacity

24 cfs  

Typical section in earth:

   Bottom width

5 ft  

   Side slopes

1.5:1  

   Water depth

2.3 ft  

Location:

On the west side of the Republican River, southwest of Scandia, Kansas.

Construction period:

1959-1960  

Length

1 mi  

Diversion capacity

15 cfs  

Typical section in earth:

   Bottom width

3 ft  

   Side slopes

1.5:1  

   Water depth

2 ft  

Location:

On the west side of the Republican River directly west of Republic, Kansas, and runs from west to east

Construction period:

1954-1955  

Length

6 mi  

Diversion capacity

90 cfs  

Typical section in earth:

   Bottom width

12 ft  

   Side slopes

1.5:1  

   Water depth

3.4 ft  

Typical section, earth lined:

   Bottom width

6 ft  

   Side slopes

1.5:1  

   Water depth

2.4 ft  

   Lining thickness

1.5 ft  

Location:

On both west and east sides of the Republican River directly north and slightly west of Scandia, Kansas.

Construction period:

1958-1961  

Length

14.8 mi  

Diversion capacity

100 cfs  

Typical section in earth:

   Bottom width

12 ft  

   Side slopes

1.5:1  

   Water depth

4 ft  

Typical section, earth lined:

   Bottom width

8 ft  

   Side slopes

2:1  

   Water depth

2.7-2.8 ft  

   Lining thickness

2 ft  

Designation

Number of units

Total capacity, cfs

Total dynamic head, ft

Total horsepower

Naponee³

1

18

  9

127

Franklin South Side

3

45

20

150

Courtland No. 1

4

63

   44.5

475

Courtland No. 3A

4

15

28

100

Courtland No. 3B

3

  9

26

  60

Courtland No. 4

3

27

   18.7

  80