Storage Dams

1      

Diversion Dams

1      

Canals

67 mi  

Laterals

77 mi  

Type:

Timber sheet piling, concrete weir cap, rockfill   

Location

On Rock Creek, about 15 miles south of Hamilton, Montana.  

Year Completed

1950  

Dimensions:

   Structural height

10.5 ft  

   Hydraulic height

4.5 ft  

   Crest length

80 ft  

   Crest elevation (assumed)

4,060.0 ft  

   Volume

600 yd³  

Headworks:

Concrete, three 48-in-square steel slide gates.

   Diversion Capacity

330 cfs  

Location

From Rock Creek Diversion Dam on Rock Creek about 15 miles south of Hamilton, Montana, generally north along east side of Bitterroot River to a point about 5 miles northeast of Florence, Montana

Construction period

1907-1910  

Length

72 mi  

Diversion capacity

330 cfs  

Typical section in earth:

   Bottom width

22 ft  

   Side slopes

1.5:1  

   Water depth

5.25 ft