Provo Area Office

302 East 1860 South
Provo, Utah 84606-7317

Reclamation's Provo Area office is located 44 miles south of Salt Lake City, Utah on the southern end of the City of Provo. The Provo Area Office's boundary of responsibility includes the State of Utah, southwestern Wyoming, and small sections of Idaho and Nevada. Within these states, the Provo Area Office is responsible for 17 separate water projects that have authorized the construction of 27 major and 34 minor dams, approximately 419 miles of canals, 613 miles of laterals, 57 miles of tunnels, 132 miles of pipelines, six powerplants, and 14 pumping stations. As part of these projects the Provo Area Office also oversees 1,063,666 acres of acquired fee title, withdrawn, and easement lands.

Provo Area boundry map with Projects and Facilities

These projects provide irrigation water to over 400,000 acres of crop land each year and provide culinary water to nearly 1,500,000 people. The projects also provide significant flood control and power generation benefits, 50 miles of "class 1" stream fisheries (75 percent of the total in the state of Utah), and over two million visitor days of recreation each year.


Stories & Media

  • Public Meeting – January 31, 2024

    Land Use Authorization for US-189
    Wallsburg to Charleston
    Draft Environmental Assessment

    This environmental assessment (EA) was prepared to examine the environmental impacts of granting land use authorization on federal lands administered by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) for planned Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) improvements to U.S. Highway 189 (US-189) between Wallsburg and Charleston in Wasatch County, Utah. The project area (Figure 1-1) occurs within Reclamation lands associated with Deer Creek Reservoir. The UDOT has applied to Reclamation under 43 CFR 429 for authorized use of Reclamation lands necessary for the proposed highway improvements.

    Reclamation's Proposed Action, for purposes of this EA, would be to grant UDOT's requested land use authorization, which would authorize UDOT to utilize Reclamation lands for improvement of US-189 (see Chapter 2, Section 2.3). The purpose of this EA is to determine whether Reclamation should authorize UDOT's application. That determination includes consideration of whether there would be significant impacts to the human environment. In order to approve the land use, Reclamation must complete the EA and issue a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) or prepare an environmental impact statement. Analysis in the EA includes temporary impacts from construction activities and permanent impacts as a result of the proposed highway reconstruction, including operational impacts of the improved highway on Reclamation-administered lands.

    Public Meeting

    Date: Wednesday, January 31, 2024

    Place: Charleston Town Hall - 3454 W 3400 S, Heber City, UT 84032

    Time: 6 to 7:30 pm

    UDOT project website: US-189 Improved - PublicInput (utah.gov)

  • News Release – November 9, 2023

    Provo Area Office Manager Rick BaxterReclamation announces Rick Baxter as manager for Provo Area Office

    PROVO, Utah – The Bureau of Reclamation’s Upper Colorado Basin Region has announced Rick Baxter as the new area manager for the Provo Area Office. In his new position, Baxter will oversee water projects throughout Utah, southwestern Wyoming and a very small portion of southeast Idaho.

    The Provo Area Office is responsible for 16 water projects that include 50 high hazard dams, 419 miles of canals, 613 miles of laterals, 57 miles of tunnels, 132 miles of pipelines, six powerplants, 14 pumping stations and 1,064,000 acres of acquired fee title, withdrawn, and easement lands.Read More 

Recreation & Public Use

Recreation.gov screen shot Recreation.gov

Recreation.gov helps you discover and book trips at Reclamation facilities and at all of America's public places. Read More 

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Last Updated: 1/25/24