Project details - Rogue River Basin Project

Full Irrigation Service	0 acres
Supplemental Service	30,711 acres
Temporary Irrigation Service	0 acres
Number of Irrigated Farms	1,528
Residential, Commercial, Industrial Lands	4,153 acres
Total Irrigable Lands	34,864 acres

Population Served:

Farm Population Served	4,275
Non-Farm Population Served	24,376
Total Population Served	28,651

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Area Irrigated and Crop Value

Year	Actual Area Irrigated (Acres)	Crop Value (Dollars)
1983	24,415	19,658,232
1984	25,608	18,452,908
1985	25,320	21,907,514
1986	25,733	29,828,981
1987	24,931	19,041,202
1988	25,163	29,968,684
1989	24,824	24,506,571
1990	25,682	30,500,434
1991	26,436	29,992,648
1992	26,950	29,138,041

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Project Water Supply

Project Water Quality

Project Water Supply

Current Conditions

Reservoir Storage

Major Storage Reservoirs in the Rogue River Basin

Weather Conditions (NOAA)

Precipitation

Streamflow

Rogue River at Dodge Bridge near Eagle Point, Oregon

Streamflow Forecast Map

Spring and Summer (NRCS)

Snowpack Information

Mountain Snowpack Maps for the Pacific Northwest

Drought Index

Palmer Drought Index Map
Explanation of Palmer Drought Severity Index (Text)

Historic Conditions

Annual Precipitation

Normal	18.86 in
Maximum - 1983	30.15 in
Minimum - 1985	10.69 in
Medford, Oregon 1961-1990

Temperature

Mean Annual	54.1?F
Daily Maximum - 07/20/1946	115 ?F
Daily Minimum - 12/08/1972	-6 ?F
Medford, Oregon 1928-1996
Growing Season	206 days
Elevation of irrigable area	1,200 - 2,300 ft

Fourmile Lake

Drainage area above Fourmile Lake Dam	105 mi2
Annual discharge:
Maximum - 1965	24,770 acre-ft
Minimum - 1967	3,693 acre-ft
Average - 1964-1967	12,099 acre-ft

Streamflows:

Fourmile Creek near Rocky Point, Oregon (USGS)

Fish Lake

Drainage area at Fish Lake Dam	20 mi2
Annual discharge:
Maximum	acre-ft
Minimum	acre-ft
Average	acre-ft

Streamflows:

North Fork Little Butte Creek at Fish Lake near Lakecreek, Oregon (USGS)

Hyatt Reservoir

Drainage area at Hyatt Dam	12 mi2
Annual discharge:
Maximum	acre-ft
Minimum	acre-ft
Average	acre-ft

Streamflows:

Keene Creek near Ashland, Oregon (USGS)

Emigrant Lake

Drainage area at Emigrant Dam	64 mi2
Annual discharge:1
Maximum - 1983	74,388 acre-ft
Minimum - 1931	458 acre-ft
Average - 1920-1986	21,690 acre-ft

1 Includes water diverted from Klamath Basin through the Cascade Divide Tunnel.

Streamflows:

Emigrant Creek near Ashland, Oregon (USGS)

Howard Prarie Lake

Drainage area at Howard Prarie Dam	79 mi2
Annual discharge:2
Maximum - 1963	26,699 acre-ft
Minimum - 1961	18,175 acre-ft
Average - 1960-1965	23,372 acre-ft

2 Includes transbasin interception from South Fork Little Butte Creek and its tributaries.

Streamflows:

Howard Prarie Lake Outlet near Pinehurst, Oregon (USGS)

Keene Creek Reservoir

Drainage area at Keene Creek Dam	111 mi2
Annual discharge:3
Maximum - 1957	12,242 acre-ft
Minimum - 1962	5,181 acre-ft
Average - 1917-1965	9,211 acre-ft

3 Discharge includes water from Howard Prairie and Hyatt Reservoirs. Computed from water through Green Springs Powerplant only.

Streamflows:

Keene Creek near Ashland, Oregon (USGS)

Agate Reservoir

Drainage area at Agate Dam (Dry Creek only)	13 mi2
Annual discharge:4
Maximum	acre-ft
Minimum	acre-ft
Average	acre-ft

4 Includes some water diverted from Antelope Creek and Little Butte Creek.

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Project Water Quality

Facilities in Operation

Facilities in Operation

Storage Dams	7
Diversion Dams	20
Canals	250 mi
Laterals	197 mi
Powerplants	1

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Storage Facilities

Agate Dam

Emigrant Dam

Fish Lake Dam

Hyatt Dam

Howard Prairie Dam

Keene Creek Dam

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Diversion Facilities

Antelope Creek Diversion

Type:	Stream drop inlet
Location	On Antelope Creek, about 12 miles northeast of Medford, Oregon.
Construction period	1966
Dimensions:
Height above streambed	7 ft
Crest length	104 ft
Crest elevation	1,524.0 ft
Volume	1,000 yd3
Diversion capacity	50 cfs

Ashland Lateral Diversion

Type:	Concrete ogee weir, earth dike
Location	On Emigrant Creek, 8 miles southeast of Ashland, Oregon.
Construction period	1966
Dimensions:
Height above streambed	5 ft
Weir crest length	74 ft
Crest elevation	2,410.5 ft
Volume (cocrete)	500 yd3
Volume (total)	2,600 yd3
Overflow weir capacity	4,000 cfs
Sluiceway:	One 10- by 9-ft radial gate.
Headworks:	Concrete structure controlled by one 72- by 48-in slide gate.
Diversion capacity	48 cfs

Beaver Dam Creek Diversion

Type:	Rockfill, concrete core wall
Location	On Beaver Dam Creek near Ashland, Oregon.
Construction period	1960
Dimensions:
Height above streambed	4 ft
Weir crest length	75 ft
Crest length	168 ft
Crest elevation	4,670.5 ft
Volume	1,100 yd3
Overflow weir capacity	1,500 cfs
Headworks:	Concrete structure with one 4- by 3-ft slide gate.
Diversion capacity	65 cfs

Conde Creek Diversion

Type:	Concrete and rockfill weir
Location	On Conde Creek about 5 miles northeast of Ashland, Oregon.
Construction period	1958
Dimensions:
Height above streambed	4 ft
Weir crest length	109 ft
Crest length	109 ft
Crest elevation	4,567.4 ft
Volume	950 yd3
Spillway:	Overflow weir
Capacity at 4,500.0 ft	750 ft?/s
Headworks:	Controlled by 30-in slide gate.
Diversion capacity	25 cfs

Daley Creek Diversion

Type:	Rockfill, timber core wall
Location	On Daley Creek near Ashland, Oregon.
Construction period	1960
Dimensions:
Height above streambed	4 ft
Weir crest length	30 ft
Crest length	112 ft
Crest elevation	4,692.5 ft
Volume	1,300 yd3
Overflow weir capacity	540 cfs
Headworks:	Concrete structure with one 3- by 2-ft slide gate.
Diversion capacity	25 cfs

Dead Indian Diversion

Type:	Concrete and rockfill weir
Location	On Dead Indian Creek about 4 miles east of Ashland, Oregon.
Construction period	1958
Dimensions:
Height above streambed	4 ft
Crest length	131 ft
Crest elevation	4,538.0 ft
Volume	1,560 yd3
Spillway:	Overflow weir
Capacity at 4,541.0 ft	1,100 cfs
Headworks:	Dead Indian Canal
Diversion capacity	86 cfs

Little Beaver Creek Diversion

Type:	Concrete core wall and rockfill
Location	On Little Beaver Creek about 4 miles east of Lincoln, Oregon.
Construction period	1959
Dimensions:
Height above streambed	9 ft
Crest length	80 ft
Crest elevation	4,433.0 ft
Volume	1,300 yd3
Spillway:	Overflow weir
Headworks:	Little Beaver Creek Feeder Canal
Capacity at 4,438.8 ft	24 cfs

Oak Street Diversion

Type:	Concrete weir, stoplogged crest
Location	On Bear Creek just north of Ashland, Oregon.
Construction period	1961
Dimensions:
Height above streambed	5 ft
Crest length	133 ft
Crest elevation	1,711.0 ft
Volume	3,000 yd3
Diversion capacity	75 cfs

Phoenix Canal Diversion

Type:	Concrete weir, stoplogged crest
Location	On Bear Creek near Ashland, Oregon.
Construction period	1960
Dimensions:
Height above streambed	5 ft
Weir crest length	119 ft
Crest length	180 ft
Crest elevation	1,548.0 ft
Volume (cocrete)	250 yd3
Volume (total)	1,520 yd3
Overflow weir capacity	7,560 cfs
Headworks:	Concrete with two 48- by 42-in control gates.
Diversion capacity	102 cfs

Soda Creek Diversion

Type:	Earthfill
Location	On Soda Creek, 6 miles east of Lincoln, Oregon.
Construction period	1959
Dimensions:
Height above streambed	13 ft
Crest length	430 ft
Crest elevation	4,478.0 ft
Volume	10,250 yd3
Spillway:	Overflow weir
Crest elevation	4,473.5 ft
Capacity at 4,475 ft	280 cfs
Headworks:	Soda Creek Canal
Capacity	11 cfs

South Fork Butte Diversion

Type:	Rockfill, timber core wall
Location	On South Fork of Little Butte Creek near Ashland, Oregon.
Construction period	1960
Dimensions:
Height above streambed	4 ft
Weir crest length	100 ft
Crest length	400 ft
Crest elevation	4,681.5 ft
Volume	4,650 yd3
Overflow weir capacity	1,950 cfs
Headworks:	Concrete structure with one 4- by 3-ft slide gate.
Diversion capacity	65 cfs

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Carriage Facilities

Main Canal

Location	From North and South Forks of Little Butte Creek 17 miles northeast of Medford, Oregon, westerly to Bradshaw Drop, 11 miles northeast of Medford.
Construction period	Non-Reclamation construction. Replacement of eight existing flumes with bench flumes and concrete siphons by Reclamation.
Length	17 mi
Diversion capacity	175 cfs

Hopkins Canal

Location	From Bradshaw Drop on Main Canal about 11 miles northeast of Medford, Oregon, generally northwest to a point 2.5 miles northwest of Central Point, Oregon.
Construction period	Non-Reclamation construction. Replacement of two flumes with concrete siphons by Reclamation.
Length	28.5 mi
Diversion capacity	50 cfs

Medford Canal

Location	From Bradshaw Drop on Main Canal about 11 miles northeast of Medford, Oregon, generally southwest to a point about 1 mile south of Phoenix, Oregon, where it crosses under Bear Creek and is fed into the Phoenix Canal.
Construction period	Non-Reclamation construction. Replacement of two wooden siphons and one flume with concrete siphons by Reclamation.
Length	25 mi
Diversion capacity	125 cfs

Phoenix Canal

Location	From 1 mile south of Phoenix, Oregon, generally northwest to a point about 3.5 miles west of Central Point, Oregon.
Construction period	Non-Reclamation construction. Enlarged and improved by Reclamation as part of Talent Division construction
Length	18.1 mi
Diversion capacity	102 cfs

Howard Prarie Delivery Canal

Location	From Howard Prairie Dam, south and west to near Pinehurst, Oregon.
Construction period	1956-1959
Length	18.7 mi
Diversion capacity	60 cfs
Typical section, concrete lined:
Bottom width	6 ft
Side slopes	1.5:1
Water depth	3 ft

South Fork Collection Canal

Location	About 25 miles east of Medford, Oregon.
Construction period	1958-1959
Length	12.7 mi
Diversion capacity	65 cfs
Typiical section in earth or rock
Bottom width	6 ft
Side slopes:
Unlined	1.5:1
Earth lined	2:1
Water depth	3.4 ft

Daley Creek Collection Canal

Location	About 25 miles east of Medford, Oregon.
Construction period	1958-1960
Length:	At 25 ft?/s
2.7 mi	At 65 ft?/s
1.6 mi	Diversion capacity
25 and 65 cfs	Typical section in earth or rock:
	Bottom width
4 ft
Side slopes:
Unlined	1.5:1
Earth lined	2:1
Water depth	2 ft

Ashland Lateral1

Location	From Emigrant Creek below Green Springs Powerplant 8 miles southeast of Ashland, Oregon, northwesterly to city limits of Ashland.
Construction period	Non-Reclamation construction in about 1923, diverting from Sampson Creek. Enlarged, improved, and extended 3.2 miles up Emigrant Creek by Reclamation as part of Talent Division construction.
Length	16.9 mi
Diversion capacity	48 cfs

East Lateral1

Location	From Emigrant Reservoir about 4 miles southeast of Ashland, Oregon. Extends northwesterly on east side of Bear Creek for 11 miles to bifurcation structure for West Lateral, continues northwesterly for another 14 miles.
Construction period	Non-Reclamation construction in about 1925. Enlarged, improved, and extended by Reclamation at part of Talent Division construction.
Length	25 mi
Diversion capacity	132 cfs

West Lateral1

Location	From mile 11 of East Lateral about 1 miles north of Ashland, crosses Bear Creek in a steel-pipe siphon 6,730 ft long, continuing northwesterly on west side of Bear Creek for about 23 miles.
Construction period	Non-Reclamation construction in about 1925. Siphon replaced in 1944. Enlarged, improved, and extended 8.4 miles by Reclamation as part of Talent Division construction.
Length	23.2 mi
Diversion capacity	39 cfs

Talent Lateral1

From Bear Creek about 0.5 miles north of Ashland, extending northwesterly on east side of Bear Creek to 1,640-ft siphon across the creek, continuing northwesterly about 17 miles to 1.5 miles southeast of Jacksonville, Oregon.	Non-Reclamation construction sometime prior to 1925. Enlarged and improved by Reclamation as part of Talent Division construction.
Length (excludes Lower East Lateral)	19.4 mi
Diversion capacity	65 cfs

1 Local usage designates canals diverting from Emigrant Reservoir or Bear Creek as Laterals.

Deadwood Tunnel

Location	About 24 miles east of Medford, Oregon.
Construction period	1956-1958
Lining:	Concrete
Section:	Horseshoe
Diameter	6 ft
Length	3,553 ft
Capacity	130 cfs

Billings Siphon

Location	From a point on East Lateral to a point on West Lateral near Ashland, Oregon.
Construction period	1959
Diameter	30 in
Length	1.27 mi
Capacity	38.7 cfs

Green Springs Power Conduit

Location	From Keene Creek Dam west to the beginning of the Green Springs Powerplant penstock.
Construction period	1957-1959
Pressure pipe:
Diameter	60 in
Length	4,154 ft
Cascade Divide Tunnel:
Diameter	6 ft
Lining:	Concrete
Length	2,100 ft
Green Springs Tunnel:
Diameter	6 ft
Lining:	Concrete
Length	4,833 ft

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Power Facilities

Green Springs Powerplant

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Last updated: Jan 03, 2013