Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-03-20
to Emigrant creek is $152,OOO.
Buck Lake and Beaver Creek.

Buck Lake and Beaver Creek.
No record has been kept of the
run-off of Buck lake, and only two
discharge measurements are known
to have been made. A measurement
by Whiting on August 27, 1918, is
reported as 60 second feet, and a
float measurement on September "a
1915, showing discharge of 19 sec.
ond feet. 1t is estimated that prob.
ably $4,000 acre feet can be deliv.
cred from Buck lake to Walker creek
at a cost of $959,000. A dam with
maximum height of 23 feet will be
required at Buck lake, creating a
storage capacity of 10000 acre feet.
Approximately 23 miles of canal, A.
miles of tunnel and 1000 feet of
siphon are required.
Beaver creek reservoir is appar-
emily feasible Practically nothing
is known of the rum off of its drain
age area. However, it appears prob
able that a supply could be devel-
oped here sufficient for the entire
Ashland division. A dam of rs feet
maximum height would make a reser-
voir with storage capacity of 49,
600 acre feet, and one OF 62 feet
height capacity of 10000 acre feet.
1t is estimated that 25 miles of canal
and a 9,O00-foot tunnel would be re-
quired to carry the stored water to
Emigrant creek.
Streams From South.
A reconnaissance survey from Toll
Road gap west along the south slope
of Ashland butte showed that it
would probably be feasible to con-
struct canal intercepting the
streams flowing to the south. The
probable minimum flow of streams
intercepted by "a miles of canal is
2S second feet 1t is estimated that
a probable run-off of 21 900 acre feet
could be collected and diverted into
Bear creek drainage at a cost of
$27O,OOO.
Although the reconnaissance sur
vey showed that 1t probably is feas-
ible to construct a canal from Wag-
ner Creek gap along the north slope
of Ashland butte, the water thus di-
verted to be replaced by an intercept
ing canal from Siskiyou gap to Cali
fornia Bear creek, the amount OBJ
tanned would not be sufficient to fully
supplement other sources of supply.
The water rights held by the Ster-
ling ditch are greater than the low
water flow of Little Applegate river.
Conclusions of Report.
1t appears from the Investigations
and estimates for this report:
1. That the water supply which
can be developed under the water
rights of the Rogue River Valley
Canal Company will be sufficient for
35, 900 acres.
2. That the system under con-
for the Medford division by
the Rogue River Valley Canal Com
pany is the most economical for the
acreage which it can supply.
8. That it is feasible to divert Big
Butte creek and irrigate land in the
Medford division at not unreason-
able cost.
A. That there is sufficient flood
water in Dear creek to supply prac-
.ically all irrigation requirements in
April and May, and enough to insure
against total failure of crops.
8. That water supply can prob
IDLY be developed either in the Sis
iiyou or klamath mountains which
viii be sufficient for the full irriga-
ion of the Ashland division.
Cost of Projects.
6. That the construction cost of
he Medford division will be approx
nately sac and of the Ashland di-
ision not to exceed SIS per acre.
|ut these estimated costs do not in
lude depreciation, taxes or interest
harges, and to obtain the actual cost
o the water user it should be in
reased by an amount sufficient to
over such costs, whatever they may
e.
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