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Facilities in Operation

Storage Dams

2      

Diversion Dams

2      

Canals

49 mi  

Laterals

48 mi  

Drains

11 mi  

Pumping Plants

11      


Storage Facilities

Diversion Facilities

Lytle Creek Diversion Dam

Type:

Rockfill with timber cutoff, embankment wing

Location

On Lytle Creek near Prineville, Oregon

Year Completed

1962  

Dimensions:

 

   Height above streambed

4 ft  

   Crest length

200 ft  

   Crest elevation

2,870.3 ft  

Headworks:

One 18-in and two 36-in slide gates.

   Diversion capacity

72 cfs  


Diversion Canal Headworks

Type:

Canal headworks and concrete wingwalls

Location

On Crooked River, 6 miles upstream from Prineville, Oregon.

Year Completed

1961  

Dimensions:

 

   Height above streambed

15 ft  

   Crest length

130 ft  

   Crest elevation

2,900.0 ft  

Headworks:

Three 4-ft-square slide gates

   Diversion capacity

160 cfs  


Carriage Facilities

Diversion Canal

Location

From Lytle Creek Diversion Dam to Barnes Butte Pumping Plant.

Construction period

1960-1961  

Length

8.3 mi  

Initial capacity

160 cfs  

Typical section in earth:

 

   Bottom width

12 ft  

   Side slopes

1.5:1  

   Water depth

4.1 ft  


Distribution Canal

Location

From Barnes Butte Pumping Plant to an area near McKay Creek.

Construction period

1960-1961  

Length

15.8 mi  

Initial capacity

102 cfs  

Typical section in earth:

 

   Bottom width

9 ft  

   Side slopes

1.5:1  

   Water depth

3.6 ft  


Pumping Plants

Designation

Number of units

Total capacity, cfs

Total dynamic head, ft

Total horsepower

Barnes Butte

5

147

  82

1,800

Ochoco Relift

4

  80

  99

1,300

Combs Flat

2

    6.5

140

   135

Hudspeth

1

  2

  59

     20

Johnson Creek

2

  14.2

125

   250

Tunnel

2

    7.8

  92

   120

McKay Creek

1

 3

  49

     25

Grimes Flat

3

21

  78

   260

Houston

2

  4

    4

       3

Stahancyk No. 1

2

  4

    4

       3

Stahancyk No. 2

2

  4

    4

       3

 

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