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The Columbia River
A Comprehensive Report on the Development of
the Water Resources of the Columbia River Basin
for Irrigation, Power Production, and Other Beneficial Uses in Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon,
Utah, Washington, and Wyoming...
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THIS edition of THE COLUMBIA RIVER is issued in advance of its publication as a Congressional Document in response to an urgent public demand for copies, many of them official review. The document has not been transmitted to the Congress for...
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E R R A T A
Page 3, column 1, paragraph 3, line 9-- "Basic plain" should read "basin plan".
Page 3, column 1, paragraph 4, lines 3-5-- "5,360,000,000 acres"; "3,840,000,000 acres", and "1,520,000,000 acres", should read "5,360,000 acres";...
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APPENDIX 3
Seven Columbia River Basin Maps
TITLES
Water Resources Development — Columbia River
Basin—Idaho and portions of Nevada and Utah Water Resources Development — Columbia River
Basin—Montana (western part)
Water...
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EXPLANATION IRRIGATED LAND SUPPLEMENTAL IRRIGATION (PROPOSED) AUTHORIZED FOR CONSTRUCTION POTENTIAL IRRIGATION PROJECT RESERVOIR SITE MAIN CANAL LOCATION DRAINAGE BASIN BOUNDARY WATER POWER PLANT POTENTIAL POWER PLANT PACIFIC OCEAN For names of...
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF RECLAMATION COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN POWER DEVELOPMENTS EXISTING AND POTENTIAL APRIL 1945 53-D-603 EXPLANATION HYDRO-GENERATING PLANTS PRIVATELY OWNED PUBLICLY OWNED POTENTIAL PUBLICLY OWNDED LESS...
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APPENDIX I
I. Area of Columbia River Basin by Subdivisions. 2. Counties Wholly or Largely Within the Columbia River Basin. Area of Columbia River Basin by subdivisions Subdivision : Acres Upper Snake 22, 658, 000 Central Snake 36,... |
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Contents
PROPOSED REPORT OF THE SECRETARY
OF THE INTERIOR
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Letter of February 8, 1947, from the Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation 3
REGIONAL DIRECTOR'S REPORT
Map of Columbia River Basin Facing 16
Transmittal 15...
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Chapter III. PLANS, COSTS, AND BENEFITS 73
Potential Developments and Construction
Costs 74
Storage 74
Irrigation 74
Power 74
Flood Control 76
Navigation 76
Other Developments 76
Benefits 76
Irrigation Benefits...
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Chapter VI. Continued Page Development of Water Resources—Con.
Flathead River Basin 199
Priest River Basin 202
Kootenai River Basin 202
Spokane River Basin 203
Colville River Basin 204
Main Stem of Snake River 204
Clearwater...
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Chapter X.—Continued Page
Future Development—Continued Load—Continued
Annual Increase in Per Capita Consumption 331
Components of Future Load 331
Plants and Operations 335
Plants 335
Operations and Production 335...
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The Kittitas Canal, upper Yakima Valley,
Wash 55
Old growth Douglas fir and hemlock in Willamette Valley, Oregon 58
Sawmill near Eugene, Oreg., across storage
pond 58
Sunshine Mine near Kellogg, Idaho, largest single
producer...
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Water-stage recorder operating in removable shelter unit over a temporary wooden stilling
well 365
Current meter and sounding weight used with
crane and reel from a highway bridge . . . . 365
Typical permanent-type gaging station...
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LOWER COLUMBIA—Continued Page
Precipitation and Temperature Data, Selected Stations 291
Block Diagram 293
Agricultural Land Use and Value of Farm
Products 301
Crop Land 302
Forest Conditions and Sawmill Capacity 303
Primary...
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SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS, Clark Fork-Clearwater:
Irrigation and Drainage 206
Reservoirs 206
Dams and Power Plants 206
Estimated Construction Costs 207 RUN-OFF DATA FOR MAJOR STREAMS, Central
Washington 216 LAND...
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Index to Projects, Reservoirs and Dam Sites
EXISTING AND POTENTIAL
Subdivision MC—Middle Columbia. (R)—Report of the regional director
US—Upper Snake. LC—Lower Columbia. (S)—Substantiating materials
CS—Central Snake. C....
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Flood control, channel and levee improvements cont.
Mill Creek, MC (S) 273, 285
Palouse River—3 projects, C. Wash. (S) 248
Yakima River near Ellensburg, C. Wash. (S) 248
Snake River-Jackson Hole, US (S) 128
Flood plain, LC (S) 313,...
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Walterville, LC (S) 319
Wapato Indian, C. Wash (R) 32 (S) 87, 240, 241, 242, 247, 248
Wapinitia, MC (S) 280, 283, 285
Warm Springs, MC (R) 32 (S) 87,124, 158, 159, 280, 283, 285
Western Shoshone project extension, CS (R) 32 (S) 154,
156,...
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Pike (S) 314, 318, 319
Potholes (R) 32 (S) 87, 234, 247, 248
Powell (S) 279, 284, 285
Priest Lake (S) 206, 207
Priest Rapids (S) 235, 248, 339
Prineville (S) 89, 280, 284, 285
Quartz Creek (R) 32 (5) 88, 313, 314, 318, 319, 339, 392...
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Proposed Report
of the Secretary
of the Interior
" [The accompanying report] presents both an immediate program leading towards the ultimate objective of full resource development and a procedure for attaining that goal . . .
" These land...
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Proposed Report of the Secretary of the Interior
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
WASHINGTON 25, D. C.
FEBRUARY 8, 1947. Memorandum.
To : Secretary J. A. Krug.
From Commissioner.
Subject: Comprehensive...
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Evaluated monetary benefits would total $385,358,000 annually. Somewhat more than half of these benefits would accrue from irrigation developments. The price levels used in evaluating irrigation benefits are not those of 1946, however, but instead...
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rates and a means of keeping the Congress advised on the current status of the matters involved.
The plan would involve the installation, operation and maintenance, and replacement by the War Department of power generating facilities at projects...
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