Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-03-20
Irrigation Of
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lake, will furnish a supply sufficient
for $4,000 acres in the Medford dl
vision at an approximate construc.
tion cost of $40 per acre, including
distributing system; that an addi-
tional supply probably sufficient for
$4,000 acres can be obtained from
Big Butte creek at a cost of approx
mately $29 per acre delivered to
Hopkins lateral
A portion of the flood water of
Bear creek will be available for use
on the Ashland division. In addition
to Bear creek supply probably suf-
ficient for the entire division can be
developed from the following
sources:
1t is estimated that Buck lake and
Hyatt prairie reservoir will furnish
$4,000 acre feet. Total estimated
cost of project is approximately 800
per acre.
1t is probable that Beaver creek
reservoir would furnish enough for
the entire division. The total estb
mated cost of project is approximate
ly $3.50 per acre.
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A supply obtained from Hyatt
Prairie reservoir, together with an
intercepting canal from Toll Road
gap west along south slope of Ash
land butte, may prove sufficient To-
tai estimated cost of project is SCI
per acre.
Hyatt Prairie reservoir and Beaver
creek reservoir would probably fur
nish the most dependable supply,
and II seems reasonable to expect
that the supply would be sufficient
for the entire division. Total esti-
mated cost of project is approximate
ly $73.15 per acre.
Fish lake is the source of the north
fork of Little Butte creek and lies
near the summit of the Cascade range
just south of Mt. Mclaughlin. BY
constructing a 50-foot dam, a stor-
age capacity Of 10000 acre feet can
be obtained. The water supply avail
able for storage here is uncertain,
but will probably equal the storage
capacity.
Four-Mile lake lies twelve miles
northeast of Fish lake and at an ele-
walton 1000 feet higher, Fifteen
thousand five hundred acre feet stor-
age capacity can be obtained by con-
structing 2O-foot dam. The record
OF run-off from this lake is very
short, but 1t is probable that the
yearly supply of 10000 acre feet is
all that can be depended upon.
South Fork of Butte.
The minimum flow Of the South
Fork of Big Butte creek in 1915 was
S5 second feet In years of average
rainfall the supply would probably
be sufficient for 5000 acres. The
estimated cost of constructing a canal |
of $50 second feet capacity from Big
Butte creek across Little Butte to
the Hopkins lateral is $4,000.
Reconnaissance surveys show that .
IT is feasible to divert South Fork
OF Rogue river into Big Butte creek.
1t is estimated that the average min
imum flow may be 10 second feet,
and that this can be delivered into
North Fork of Big Butte creek at a
cost of approximately $4,000.
There is sufficient flood water in
Bear creek to supply practically all
the requirements for both divisions
in April and May, and enough in any
event to insure against crop failure.
Hyatt Prairie reservoir is feasible.
A dam of AZ feet maximum height
will flood 975 acres and create a
storage capacity of 1900 acre feet.
The run off data is very meager.
However, it appears that an annual
supply Of 10000 acre feet can prob
ably be depended upon The esti-
mated cost of delivering this amount