Project details - Salt River Project

Full Irrigation Service	61,239 acres
Supplemental Service	22,365 acres
Temporary Irrigation Service	0 acres
Number of Irrigated Farms	2,090
Residential, Commercial, Industrial Lands	177,761 acres
Total Irrigable Lands	261,365 acres

Population Served:

Farm Population Served	9,406
Non-Farm Population Served	1,990,973
Total Population Served	2,000,379

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Area Irrigated and Crop Value

Year	Actual Area Irrigated (Acres)	Crop Value (Dollars)
1983	82,692	103,055,428
1984	90,194	111,696,162
1985	76,516	99,676,930
1986	64,404	82,225,212
1987	60,489	90,087,219
1988	63,973	81,519,208
1989	63,469	80,162,127
1990	65,160	81,301,685
1991	64,932	83,453,076
1992	65,929	105,748,829

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Project Water Supply

Project Water Quality

Project Water Supply

Current Conditions

Weather Conditions (NOAA)

Precipitation

Streamflow

Salt River below Stewart Mountain Dam, Arizona (USGS)
Verde River below Bartlett Dam, Arizona (USGS)

Streamflow Forecast Map

Spring and Summer (NRCS)

Snowpack Information

Mountain Snowpack Maps for Colorado River Basin

Drought Index

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

Historic Conditions

Annual Precipitation

Normal	7.66 in
Maximum - 1978	15.23 in
Minimum - 1977	3.16 in
Phoenix, Arizona 1961-1990

Temperature

Mean Annual	72.4 ?F
Daily Maximum - 06/26/1990	122 ?F
Daily Minimum - 01/05/1950	17 ?F
Phoenix, Arizona 1948-1996
Growing Season	304 days
Elevation of irrigable area	900 - 1,300 ft

Salt River

Drainage area at Roosevelt Dam	5,824 mi2
Annual discharge at Roosevelt Dam:
Maximum - 1916	2,729,200 acre-ft
Minimum - 1913	496,500 acre-ft
Average -	1,007,285 acre-ft
Annual discharge at Mormon Flat Dam:
Maximum - 1928	787,410 acre-ft
Minimum - 1929	549,750 acre-ft
Average -	619,186 acre-ft
Annual discharge at Stewart Mountain Dam:
Maximum - 1973	1,445,667 acre-ft
Minimum - 1952	248,127 acre-ft
Average -	608,562 acre-ft

Verde River

Drainage area at Bartlett Dam	6,160 mi2
Annual discharge:
Maximum - 1973	1,116,162 acre-ft
Minimum - 1961	126,291 acre-ft
Average -	358,078 acre-ft

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Project Water Quality

Facilities in Operation

Facilities in Operation

Storage Dams	6
Diversion Dams	1
Canals	131 mi
Laterals	876 mi
Pumping units for wells	278
Hydroelectric powerplants	5
Thermal powerplants	4
Thermal powerplants - participant	Transmission lines
1,183 mi	Substations

Storage Facilities

Theodore Roosevelt Dam

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Diversion Facilities

http://www.usbr.gov/dataweb/dams/az10316.htm

Type:	Concrete ogee weir, embankment wings
Location	On the Salt River, 22 miles east of Phoenix, Arizona.
Year Completed	1908
Dimensions:
Structural height	29 ft
Hydraulic height	18 ft
Weir crest length	1,000 ft
Volume	35,000 yd3
Sluiceway:
North Side Canal:	Four 15 by 9 ft slide gates.
South Side Canal:	Nine 7 by 5 ft slide gates.
Diversion Capacity:
North Side Canal:	2,000 cfs
South Side Canal:	1,600 cfs

Power Canal Diversion Dam1

Type:	Concrete weir, embankment wings
Location	On the Salt River, near Livingstone, Arizona Year completed: 1906. Reconstructed in 1936-1937 and further modified in 1937-1938.
Year Completed	1937-1938
Dimensions:
Structural height	12 ft
Hydraulic height	8 ft
Total Crest Length	862 ft
Weir crest length	500 feet
Weir Crest Elevation	2,180.3 ft
Volume	16,000 yd3
Sluiceway:	Four (7 by 9.75 foot) slide gates.
Headworks:	Three (7 by 5.25 foot) slide gates.
Diversion Capacity:	220 cfs

1 The diversion dam is no longer in use and the headworks were sealed off in 1941

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Carriage Facilities

Arizona Canal

Location	Generally west from Granite Reef Diversion Dam, 22 miles east of Phoenix, Arizona.
Construction period	1883-1884. Enlarged by Reclamation, 1911-1912
Length	38.5 mi
Diversion capacity	2,000 cfs
Typical section in earth:
Bottom width	70 ft
Side slopes	1:1
Water depth	5.2 ft
Typical section, concrete lined:
Bottom width	50 ft
Side slopes	0.75:1
Water depth	6.8 ft
Lining thickness	1.5 in

Grand Canal

Location	From point on Arizona Canal, about 4 miles north of Tempe, Arizona, south to Tempe, then northwest through Phoenix to New River.
Construction period	1878. Enlarged during 1907-1913
Length	22.3 mi
Diversion capacity	900 cfs
Typical section in earth:
Bottom width	35 ft
Side slopes	1:1
Water depth	5 ft
Typical section, concrete lined:
Bottom width	28 ft
Side slopes	0.75:1
Water depth	5 ft
Lining thickness	1.25 in

South Canal

Location	From Granite Reef Diversion Dam southwest to Mesa, Arizona, where the canal divides into the Consolidated and Tempe Canals.
Construction period	1889
Length	10.1 mi
Diversion capacity	1,650 cfs
Typical section, concrete lined:
Bottom width	63 ft
Side slopes	0.75:1
Water depth	8 ft
Lining thickness	1.25 in

Consolidated Canal

Location	Generally south from South Canal division gates near Mesa, Arizona.
Construction period	1925-1927
Length	18.4 mi
Diversion capacity	1,325 cfs
Typical section in earth:
Bottom width	40 ft
Side slopes	1:1
Water depth	5 ft
Typical section, concrete lined:
Bottom width	60 ft
Side slopes	0.75:1
Water depth	8 ft
Lining thickness	1.5 in

Eastern Canal

Location	East of and generally paralleling the Consolidated Canal south from South Canal at South Consolidated Powerplant.
Construction period	1889. Lined in 1925-1927
Length	14.5 mi
Diversion capacity	325 cfs
Typical section in earth:
Bottom width	31 ft
Side slopes	0.75:1
Water depth	4.2 ft
Lining thickness	1.25 in

Tempe Canal

Location	Generally southwest from South Canal at division gates near Mesa, Arizona.
Construction period	1871. Enlarged 1926-1927
Length	9.3 mi
Diversion capacity	600 cfs
Typical section in earth:
Bottom width	45 ft
Side slopes	1:1
Water depth	4 ft
Typical section, concrete lined:
Bottom width	34 ft
Side slopes	0.75:1
Water depth	4 ft
Lining thickness	2 in

Western Canal

Location	West from Tempe Canal near Tempe, Arizona.
Construction period	1911-1913
Length	14.4 mi
Diversion capacity	550 cfs
Typical section in earth:
Bottom width	35 ft
Side slopes	1:1
Water depth	4.5 ft
Typical section, concrete lined:
Bottom width	35 ft
Side slopes	0.75:1
Water depth	4 ft
Lining thickness	1.25 in

Cross Cut Canal

Location	From Arizona Canal south to Grand Canal near Tempe, Arizona.
Construction period	1912-1913
Length	3.5 mi
Diversion capacity	400 cfs
Typical section in earth:
Bottom width	38 ft
Side slopes	1:1
Water depth	4.1 ft
Typical section, concrete lined:
Bottom width	16 ft
Side slopes	1:1
Water depth	6 ft
Lining thickness	4.5 in

Power Canal - Abandoned in 1941

Location	From Power Canal Diversion Dam on Salt River about 60 miles east of Phoenix, Arizona, west along Theodore Roosevelt Reservoir to Theodore Roosevelt Dam.
Construction period	1902-1903. Enlarged in 1911-1912
Length	19.3 mi
Diversion capacity	225 cfs
Typical section in earth:
Bottom width	15 ft
Side slopes	0.25:1
Typical section, concrete lined:
Bottom width	10 ft
Side slopes	0.75:1
Lining thickness	2 in

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Pumping Plants

Designation	Number of units	Total capacity, cfs	Total dynamic head, ft	Total horsepower
Well Pumpig Divisions:
Northside	130	437.79	280	21,385
Southside	115	546.95	324	29,355
P&H	3	21.97	125	450
Booster plants:
Highline	8	125.00	42	1,500
Distribution	8	50.17	5	160

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Power Facilities

Theodore Roosevelt Powerplant

Horse Mesa Powerplant

Mormon Flat Powerplant

Stewart Mountain Powerplant

Crosscut Powerplant - Hydro

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Last updated: May 16, 2011