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Title page B-76 Final environmental statement : authorized Jensen Unit, Central Utah Project, Utah, page B-76
Coverage Electronic reproduction;
Format B-76 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; one federal water pollution control admin adain sample 1967 inorganic nitrogen one bureau of reclamation sample 1973 inorganic phosphorus 0.19 019 019 olg 0.30 030 athe he average ph was 6.8 68 68 for 10 bureau of reclamation samples taken from 1968 through 1973 15 existing flood problems flood damage along brush creek includes bank erosion damage to canal headings farm buildings fences irrigation ditches and county roads and bridges and silt damage to fields and crops several canal headings are located in the upper seven mile reach of brush creek these headings constructed of logs brush and earth are damaged to some degree al almost most every year damage to ditches fences and roads occurs whebgdischarges whqpglischarges exceed 200 cfs cs which is the capacity of the channel erosion damage to the abutments of four county bridges occurs to some degree about once every two years the corps of engi engl engineers neers made studies29 studies studies1 1 29 in which a discharge frequency curve was drawn using records available 19391965 1939 1965 for big brush creek near vernal with a drainage area of 82 square miles the record flood at this site was 543 cfs cs on july 12 1962 the record flood on ashley creek which is adjacent to brush creek on the west and has a drainage area of 101 square miles was 3500 cfs cs on july 11 1965 near vernal table B 31 summarizes the frequencies discharges and estimated damages based on 1967 prices for all ali atl floods snowbelt snowmelt snowmett snow melt mett nett nelt and thunderstorm in the brush creek overflow area table B 31 brush creek flood summary number of times in 100 years discharge is equalled equal led or exceeded peak discharge cfs cs damages 1967 prices M 1 4000 2 1500 123000 5 600 47000 10 450 35000 20 370 25000 50 270 12000 75 200 0 B 76
Identifier http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/5278

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