Storage Dams

4      

Diversion Dams

4      

Canals

 205.3 mi  

Laterals

 181.4 mi  

Open laterals converted to pipe

53 mi  

Open drains

     0.9 mi  

Subsurface drains

35 mi  

Type:

Concrete gated with bypass conduit

Location

On Frenchman River near Palisade, Nebraska.

Year Completed

1959  

Dimensions:

   Structural height

17 ft  

   Hydraulic height

7 ft  

   Weir crest length

30 ft  

Dikes:

   Crest elevation

2,744.0 ft  

   Length

150 ft  

Spillway:

Concrete gated

   Capacity

1,250 cfs  

Headworks:

   Diversion capacity, Culbertson Canal

400 cfs  

Type:

Concrete weir, embankment wings

Location

On Red Willow Creek northwest of Indianola, Nebraska.

Year Completed

1963  

Dimensions:

   Structural height

44 ft  

   Hydraulic height

11 ft  

   Weir crest length

105 ft  

   Weir crest elevation

2,447.2 ft  

Dikes:

   Crest elevation

2,459.3 ft  

   Length

1,095 ft  

   Volume

35,000 yd³  

Spillway:

Concrete gravity

   Capacity

8,800 cfs  

Sluiceway:

Concrete, one 6- by 18-ft radial gate.

Headworks:

Concrete, two 5-ft-square slide gates.

   Diversion capacity, Red Willow Canal

90 cfs  

Type:

Concrete weir, embankment wings

Location

On the Republican River about 2 miles southeast of Indianola, Nebraska.

Year Completed

1954  

Dimensions:

   Structural height

27 ft  

   Hydraulic height

3 ft  

   Weir crest length

700 ft  

   Weir crest elevation

2,352.3 ft  

Dikes:

   Crest elevation

2,365.0 ft  

   Length

3,100 ft  

   Volume

60,000 yd³  

Spillway:

Concrete gravity

   Capacity

87,500 cfs  

Sluiceway:

Concrete, two 10- by 16-ft gates.

Headworks:

Concrete, two 10- by 3-ft top seal radial gates.

   Diversion capacity, Bartley Canal

130 cfs  

Type:

Concrete weir, embankment wings

Location

On the Republican River about 2 miles east of Cambridge, Nebraska.

Year Completed

1949  

Dimensions:

   Structural height

33 ft  

   Hydraulic height

2 ft  

   Weir crest length

350 ft  

   Weir crest elevation

2,236.4 ft  

Dikes:

   Crest elevation

2,250.0 ft  

   Length

1,020 ft  

   Volume

18,500 yd³  

Spillway:

Concrete gravity

   Capacity

90,000 cfs  

Sluiceway:

Concrete, two 10- by 14-ft radial gates.

Headworks:

Concrete, four 10- by 14-ft hand operated radial gates.

   Diversion capacity, Cambridge Canal

325 cfs  

Location:

From Culbertson Diversion Dam near Palisade, Nebraska, generally southeast to a point 4 miles east of McCook, Nebraska, to serve the Frenchman Unit.

Construction period

1959-1961  

Length

48.6 mi  

Diversion capacity

400 cfs  

Typical section in earth:

   Bottom width

20 ft  

   Side slopes

2:1  

   Water depth

6.2 ft  

Typical section, earth lined:

   Bottom width

20 ft  

   Side slopes

2:1  

   Water depth

6.2 ft  

   Lining thickness

2 ft  

Location

From Trenton Dam generally east along the Republican River to just southwest of Indianola, Nebraska, to serve the Meeker-Driftwood Unit.

Construction period

1956-1959  

Length:

   Upper Meeker Canal and Subcanal

21.5 mi  

   Meeker Extension Canal

10.6 mi  

Diversion capacity:

   Upper Meeker Canal and Subcanal

284 cfs  

   Meeker Extension Canal

90 cfs  

Typical section in earth

   Upper Meeker Canal and Subcanal

      Bottom width

16 ft  

      Side slopes

1.5:1  

      Water depth

5 ft  

   Meeker Extension Canal

      Bottom width

10 ft  

      Side slopes

1.5:1  

      Water depth

3.2 ft  

Typical section, earth lined

   Upper Meeker Canal and Subcanal

      Bottom width

16 ft  

      Side slopes

1.5:1  

      Water depth

5 ft  

      Lining thickness

2 ft  

Typical section, concrete lined

   Upper Meeker Canal and Subcanal

      Bottom width

9 ft  

      Side slopes

1.5:1  

      Water depth

4.76 ft  

      Lining thickness

4 in  

Location

From end of Upper Meeker Canal generally southeast on the south side of the Republican River to about 8 miles southwest of McCook, Nebraska.

Construction period

1957-1959  

Length²

13.7 mi  

Diversion capacity

225 cfs  

Typical section in earth:

   Bottom width

14 ft  

   Side slopes

1.5:1  

   Water depth

5 ft  

Typical section earth lined:

   Bottom width

14 ft  

   Side slopes

1.5:1  

   Water depth

5 ft  

   Lining thickness

2 ft  

Location

From Red Willow Creek Division Dam southeasterly along the north side of the Republican River.

Construction period

1961-1964  

Length

24.1 mi  

Diversion capacity

90 cfs  

Typical section in earth

   Bottom width

10 ft  

   Side slopes

1.5:1  

   Water depth

3.8 ft  

Typical section earth lined:

   Bottom width

10 ft  

   Side slopes

1.5:1  

   Water depth

3.8 ft  

   Lining thickness

1.5 ft  

Location

From Bartley Diversion Dam of the Republican River near Indianola, Nebraska, generally east along the south side of the river past Cambridge, Nebraska, for irrigation of part of the Red Willow Unit.

Construction period

1953-1954  

Length

19.4 mi  

Diversion capacity

130 cfs  

Typical section in earth:

   Bottom width

8 ft  

   Side slopes

3:1  

   Water depth

3.8 ft  

Typical section earth lined:

   Bottom width

12 ft  

   Side slopes

1.5:1  

   Water depth

3.8 ft  

   Lining thickness

2 ft  

Location

From Cambridge Diversion Dam near Cambridge, Nebraska, generally east along the north side of the Republican River to Harlan County Reservoir.

Construction period

1948-1954  

Length

49.2 mi  

Diversion capacity

325 cfs  

Typical section in earth:

   Bottom width

16 ft  

   Side slopes

1.5:1  

   Water depth

5.2 ft  

Typical section earth lined:

   Bottom width

11.5 ft  

   Side slopes

1.5:1  

   Water depth

5.4 ft  

   Lining thickness

2 ft