Record Details
page 198
Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 198 Final Environmental Statement : authorized Bonneville Unit, Central Utah Project, Utah, page 198 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Source | Bureau of Reclamation. Department of the Interior |
| Publisher | Brigham Young University |
| Date | 2005-10-14 |
| Format | 198 text/PDF |
| Rights | Brigham Young University; http://lib.byu.edu/about/copyright/generic.php Public Domain Public |
| Language | English; eng; en |
| Relation | Central Utah Project; Western Waters Digital Library; 17 flood flow situation periodically uncontrolled flood flows cause damage along the duchesne provo spanish fork and jordan rivers some of the flows from provo and spanish fork rivers find their way to utah lake causing damage along the lake perimeter due to the increase in water surface elevation some floods on the provo river result from snowbelt snowmelt snow melt originating above deer creek reservoir when the reservoir is full since deer creek dam was completed in 191 1941 igi flooding due to snowmelt snowbelt snow melt has occurred along the provo river below the dam in 1952 and 1957 the largest snowmelt snowbelt snow melt flood recorded below deer creek dam occurred on may 6 1952 with a peak flow of 2520 cfs cs prior to the construction of deer creek dam numerous snowmelt snowbelt snow melt floods occurred along the river in may of 1920 an estimated 50000 in damage was caused by flooding in the beet fields and homes adjacent to the river in provo snowmelt snowbelt Snow melt runoff is the source of most floods along the jordan valley the flood of april may 1952 was the largest and most damaging snowmelt snowbelt snow melt flood of record on streams in salt lake city approximately 1200 acres of residential industrial and commercial area were flooded causing an estimated 1930000 damage most of the flood runoff originated on red butte emigration and parleys creeks monthly volumes for these two months were nearly 350 percent of average volumes the outflow from utah lake also contributed to the flood problem the lake was 3.28 328 328 feet above compromise level and a peak flow of 1410 l4l0 ibio cfs cs was recorded in the jordan river narrows on june 10 1952 as compared with an average discharge of 365 cfs cs the areas which were most heavily damaged by flooding around utah lake in 1952 were agricultural lands located adjacent to provo bay and between provo bay and lake shore estimated damages between utah lake and springville Spring ville on the hobble creek drainage were 105000 resulting from a peak flow of 1250 cfs cs on may 4 1952 compared to a 60 cfs cs average flow estimated damages on the spanish fork drainage between utah lake and the mouth of spanish fork canyon were 600000 resulting from a peak flow of 3020 cfs cs on april 28 1952 compared to a 90 cfs cs average flow about 710 acres were flooded below springville Spring ville and about 4300 acres were flooded below spanish fork canyon the largest flood of record on strawberry river occurred on may 7 1952 with a peak discharge of 390 3490 cfs cs during this flood about 9 blocks in the southeast part of duchesne were flooded damages with a flood of this magnitude were estimated to be 40000 198 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/4892 |
