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Facilities in Operation

Storage Dams1

1      

Diversion Dams2

2      

Canals

7 mi  

    1 Constructed by local irrigators.

    2 Madera Diversion Dam was rehabilitated by the Bureau of Reclamation.


Diversion Facilities

Madera Diversion Dam

Type:

Concrete weir with two earth dikes

Location

On Madera Creek near Toyahvale, Texas.

Year Completed

1914. Rehabilitated by Reclamation 1974  

Dimensions:

  

   Structural height

13 ft  

   Hydraulic height

13 ft  

   Weir crest length

950 ft  

   Crest elevation

3,380.5 ft  

   Diversion capacity

750 cfs  


Carriage Facilities

Phantom Lake Canal

Location

From Phantom Lake east to the District Main Canal near San Solomon Spring.

Construction period

1946-1947  

Length

4.2 mi  

Diversion capacity

25 cfs  


Inlet Feeder Canal

Location

From the District Main Canal east to Lower Parks Reservoir

Construction period

1946-1947  

Length

2.8 mi  

Diversion capacity

100 cfs  

 

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