High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Central Utah Project, Mountain Home...
Significance: The first decades of the 20th century clearly demonstrated that the existing irrigation system was inadequate to meet the agricultural needs of all Uinta Basin farmers. Not surprisingly, Mormon f... More
High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Five Point Lake Dam, Ashley Nationa...
Significance: Five Point Lake is the largest reservoired body of water in the Yellowstone drainage, and with a crest length of 970 feet, Five Point Lake Dam is the second longest of the earthen dams in the Upal... More
High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, East Timothy Lake Dam, Ashley Natio...
Significance: With a crest length of almost 1,400 feet, the East Timothy Lake dam is distinguished as by far the largest dam in the Upalco Unit of the Central Utah Project. It was completed in 1951 as the last... More
High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Twin Pots Dam, Ashley National Fore...
Significance: At the time of its initial construction in 1921, the Twin Pots Dam not only held the largest body of impounded water in the Upalco Unit, it was the first successful attempt to impound running wate... More
High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Deer Lake Dam, Ashley National Fore...
Significance: Deer Lake is one of several natural high mountain lakes in the Swift Creek and Yellowstone River drainages dammed by the Farmers Irrigation Company in the 1920s and 1930s to store water for irriga... More
High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Bluebell Lake Dam, Ashley National ...
Significance: Bluebell Lake is one of several natural high mountain lakes in the Swift Creek and Yellowstone River drainages dammed by the Farmers Irrigation Company in the 1920s and 1930s, to store water for i... More
High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Twin Pots Dam, Ashley National Fore...
Significance: At the time of its initial construction in 1921, the Twin Pots Dam not only held the largest body of impounded water in the Upalco Unit, it was the first successful attempt to impound running wate... More
High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Bluebell Lake Dam, Ashley National ...
Significance: Bluebell Lake is one of several natural high mountain lakes in the Swift Creek and Yellowstone River drainages dammed by the Farmers Irrigation Company in the 1920s and 1930s, to store water for i... More
High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Drift Lake Dam, Ashley National For...
Significance: Drift Lake is one of several natural high mountain lakes in the Swift Creek and Yellowstone River drainages dammed by the Farmers Irrigation Company in the 1920s and 1930s to store water for irrig... More