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Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 5 Final supplement to the final environmental impact statement : Diamond Fork System, Bonneville Unit, Central Utah Project, page 5 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | 5 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; CHAPTER I 1 PURPOSE AND NEED the corps of engineers and the environmental protection agency were both consulted during the preparation of the 404r 404 r exemption evaluation and their recommendations were incorporated into the evaluation on january 19 1984 an extensive public review of the bonneville unit was initiated by scott M matheson then governor of utah and the bureau of reclamation the review assessed the most effective way for utah to use its allotted share of upper colorado river water findings of the review were published in december 1984 4 the state in its review strongly endorsed a scaled down version of the diamond fork system location and setting As stated in the 1984 FES the diamond fork system would be located mainly in dic diamond biond miond fork canyon in the bonneville lonneville basin but a small portion would be in the uinta basin see following figure the system setting remains the same as described in the FES except for the addition of the spanish fork river which is discussed below the spanish fork river and diamond fork a tributary are the principal principi streams in the area the river originates high in the wasatch mountains and flows generally northwest to utah lake about 20 miles above its mouth the river is joined by diamond fork about 10 miles above the confluence with the spanish fork river diamond fork is joined from the northeast by sixth water creek natural streamflows stream flows in the area are highest in the spring and lowest in late fall or winter the water quality of the streams is generally good except for periodically high turbidity and sediment levels the spanish fork river is located mainly in a narrow steep walled canyon but enters the broad gently sloping utah valley about 6 miles above its mouth diamond fork and sixth water creek are in narrow steep walled canyons although diamond fork canyon becomes gradually wider at monks hollow about 8 miles above the spanish fork river confluence presently irrigated lands of the strawberry valley project which would receive supplemental irrigation service are located in the spanish sanish banish fork area along the spanish fork river giver between the wasatch mountains and utah utab etab lake the climate and vegetation in the area vary considerably the diamond fork canyon area is generally mild in summer but cold in winter temperatures have ranged from 50 to 89 OF F 46 to 32 OC C and precipitation averages about 21 inches annually mostly in the form of snow vegetation is dominated by mountain brush species aid a id utah juniper is abundant in the eastern portion of the area the spanish fork area is warm in summer and winters are not severe although periods of extreme cold do occur temperatures have ranged from 19 to 108 OF F 28 to 5 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/13045 |
