Storage Dams

1     

Diversion Dams

1     

Canals

34.7 mi  

Type

Timber sheet, piling, rockfill

Location

On the North Fork of Gunnsion River near Somerset, Colorado.

Year Completed

1950  

Dimensions:

   Height above streambed

11 ft  

   Weir crest length

187 ft  

   Total crest length

187 ft  

   Weir crest elevation

5,955.0 ft  

   Volume concrete

2,000 yd³  

Headworks:

Concrete, one 12 feet square radial gate.

   Diversion capacity

180 cfs  

Location

From the diversion dam on the North Fork of the Gunnison River near Somerset, Colorado, generally southeast to a point about 4 miles northwest of Hotchkiss, Colorado.

Construction period

Privately constructed.  Enlarged by Reclamation in 1949-1953 and 1959-1962.

Length

34.7 mi  

Diversion capacity

200 cfs  

Typical section, clay lined:

   Bottom width

10 ft  

   Side slopes

1.5:1  

   Water depth

4 ft  

    Lining thickness

4 in  

Typical section, concrete lined:

   Bottom width

4 ft  

   Side slopes

1.5:1 

   Water depth

3.85 ft  

   Lining thickness

4 in