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Storage Dams

3      

Diversion Dams

4      

Canals

185 mi  

Laterals

532 mi  

Pumping Plants

28      

Drains

728.2 mi  

Tunnels

1.9 mi  


Storage Facilities

Diversion Facilities

Lost River Diversion Dam

Type:

Concrete multiple-arch weir, embankment wings

Location

On the Lost River about 4 miles below Olen, Oregon.

Year Completed

1912  

Dimensions:

 

   Structural height

42 ft  

   Hydraulic height

31 ft  

   Crest length

675 ft  

   Crest elevation

4,097.0 ft  

   Volume

20,000 yd3  

   Diversion capacity

3,000 cfs  


Anderson-Rose Diversion Dam

 

Reinforced concrete slab and buttress

 

On the Lost River about 3 miles southeast of Merrill, Oregon.

 

1921  

Dimensions:

 

   Structural height

23 ft  

   Hydraulic height

12 ft  

   Crest length

324 ft  

   Crest elevation

4,064.0 ft  

   Volume

1,000 yd3  

   Diversion capacity

800 cfs  


Malone Diversion Dam

Type:

Concrete gate structure, embankment wing

Location

On the Lost River about 11 miles downstream from Clear Lake Dam.

Year Completed

1923  

Dimensions:

 

   Structural height

32 ft  

   Hydraulic height

18 ft  

   Crest length

515 ft  

   Crest elevation

4,160.3 ft  

   Volume

25,000 yd3  

   Diversion capacity

220 cfs  


Miller Diversion Dam

Type:

Concrete weir, removable crest, embankment wing

Location

On Miller Creek 8 miles below Gerber Dam.

Year Completed

1924  

Dimensions:

 

   Structural height

10 ft  

   Hydraulic height

5 ft  

   Crest length

290 ft  

   Crest elevation

4,227.0 ft  

   Volume

2,000 yd3  

   Diversion capacity

190 cfs  


Carriage Facilities

"A" Canal

 

From Upper Klamath Lake near Klamath Falls, Oregon, southeast about 8 miles.

 

1906-1907  

Length

8.7 mi  

Diversion capacity

1,150 cfs  

Typical section - initial reach

 

   Bottom width

44 ft  

   Side slopes

0.5 1  

   Water depth

11 ft  


"B" Canal

Location

From end of "A" Canal east to vicinity of Olene, Oregon.

Construction period

1906-1912  

Length

4.1 mi  

Diversion capacity

290 cfs  

Typical section - initial reach

 

   Bottom width

16 ft  

   Side slopes

0.5:1  

   Water depth

6 ft  


"C" Canal

Location

From Main Canal generally southeast to vicinity of Merrill, Oregon.

Construction period

1907-1908; upper end above "C-G" Canal enlarged in 1921.  

Length

13.5 mi  

Diversion capacity

330 cfs  

Typical section - initial reach

 

   Bottom width

32 ft  

   Side slopes

2:1  

   Water depth

9 ft  


"C-G" Canal

Location

From "C" Canal to "G" Canal near Lost River.

Construction period

1921  

Length

0.9 mi  

Diversion capacity

400 cfs  

Typical section - initial reach

 

   Bottom width

25 ft  

   Side slopes

2:1  

   Water depth

Varies  


"D" Canal

Location

From the vicinity of Merril, Oregon, southeast about 15 miles.

Construction period

1913-1914  

Length

18.6 mi  

Diversion capacity

300 cfs  

Typical section - initial reach

 

   Bottom width

22 ft  

   Side slopes

2:1  

   Water depth

5.3 ft  


"E" Canal

Location

From vicinity of Olene, Oregon, east along north side of Lost River.

Construction period

1912  

Length

10.5 mi  

Diversion capacity

35 cfs  

Typical section - initial reach

 

   Bottom width

6 ft  

   Side slopes

1.5:1  

   Water depth

5.3 ft  


"F" Canal

Location

From vicinity of Olene, Oregon, east along north side of Lost River.

Construction period

1912  

Length

11.6 mi  

Diversion capacity

90 cfs  

Typical section - initial reach

 

   Bottom width

10 ft  

   Side slopes

1.5:1  

   Water depth

4.7 ft  


"G" Canal

Location

From the vicinity of Lost River Diversion Works southeast along the Lost River to the vicinity of Merrill, Oregon.

Construction period

1913-1915  

Length

8.5 mi  

Diversion capacity

400 cfs  

Typical section - initial reach

 

   Bottom width

22 ft  

   Side slopes

2:1  

   Water depth

6.5 ft  


"J" Canal

Location

From Anderson-Rose Diversion Dam generally southeast to vicinity of Newell, California

Construction period

1921; enlarged in 1935-1937  

Length

23.4 mi  

Diversion capacity

800 cfs  

Typical section - initial reach

 

   Bottom width

26 ft  

   Side slopes

1.5:1  

   Water depth

9.5 ft  


"M" Canal

Location

Vicinity of Newell, California.

Construction period

1947-1948  

Length

6.5 mi  

Diversion capacity

100 cfs  

Typical section - initial reach

 

   Bottom width

4 ft  

   Side slopes

1.5:1  

   Water depth

4.2 ft  


"N" Canal

Location

East side of Tule Lake Restricted Sump.

Construction period

1935-1966  

Length

26.5 mi  

Diversion capacity

300 cfs  

Typical section - initial reach

 

   Bottom width

30 ft  

   Side slopes

2:1  

   Water depth

Varies  


"P" Canal

Location

East side of Lower Klamath Lake.

Construction period

1941-1942  

Length

1.8 mi  

Diversion capacity

200 cfs  

Typical section - initial reach

 

   Bottom width

16 ft  

   Side slopes

1.5:1  

   Water depth

6.3 ft  


"P-1" Canal

Location

East Side of Lower Klamath Lake.

Construction period

1941-1942  

Length

9 mi  

Diversion capacity

250 cfs  

Typical section - initial reach

 

   Bottom width

16 ft  

   Side slopes

1.5:1  

   Water depth

6.3 ft  


"Q" Canal

Location

From Tule Lake Restricted Sump generally southward.

Construction period

1960  

Length

3.9 mi  

Diversion capacity

130 cfs  

Typical section - initial reach

 

   Bottom width

10 ft  

   Side slopes

2:1  

   Water depth

5.1 ft  


"R" Canal

Location

From Tule Lake Restricted Sump generally northwest.

Construction period

1960  

Length

3.2 mi  

Diversion capacity

76 cfs  

Typical section - initial reach

 

   Bottom width

8 ft  

   Side slopes

2:1  

   Water depth

4.2 ft  


Lost River Diversion Channel

Location

From the Lost River at a point about 7 miles southeast of Klamath Falls, generally northwest to the Klamath River.

Construction period

1911-1912; enlarged in 1930 and in 1950  

Length

7.8 mi  

Diversion capacity

3,000 cfs  

Typical section - initial reach

 

   Bottom width

60 ft  

   Side slopes

2:1  

   Water depth

Varies  


North Canal

Location

From Miller Diversion Dam west to Dry Lake.

Construction period

1924-1925  

Length

14.4 mi  

Diversion capacity

190 cfs  


West Canal

Location

From Malone Diversion Dam west to Dry Lake

Construction period

1924-1925  

Length

12.1 mi  

Diversion capacity

190 cfs  


"A" Canal Tunnel

Location

 

Construction period

1907  

Length

3,300 ft  

Capacity

1,150 cfs  

Diameter

11-13.5 ft  


Tule Lake Tunnel

Location

Tule Lake Tunnel, Pumping Plant "D" Discharge Conduit

Construction period

1940-1941  

Length

6,600 ft  

Capacity

250 cfs  

Cross section

Horseshoe

   Diameter

5.75 ft  

   Lining:

Concrete

   Thickness

3-7 in  


Pumping Plants

PumpF 

                          Pumping Plant F

Designation

Number of units

Total capacity, cfs

Total dynamic head, ft

Total horsepower

Pumping Plants

       

    Adams

       

        Low Lift

2

  35

  26

   150

        High Lift

2

  25

  32

   150

    Main

7

  75

327

3,400

    Booster

7

  60

125

1,120

    Dry Lake

1

  50

     25.5

   175

    Dry Lake No. 2

1

  15

  48

   100

    Plant "A"

3

100

  20

   300

    Plant "B"

3

  75

     10.5

   120

    Plant "C"

3

100

  12

   225

    Plant "D"

5

334

  78

3,750

    Plant "E"

3

300

     10.5

   500

    Plant "F"

3

300

     10.5

   500

    Plant "G"

3

  45

    8

     60

    Plant "H"

2

  30

    8

     40

    Plant "J"

2

  20

  16

     50

    Plant "K"

1

    7

  12

     15

    Plant "L"

1

  10

    9

     15

    Plant "M"

2

     16.6

  11

     35

    Plant "U"

1

  10

     10.5

     20

    Plant "V"

2

  20

     10.5

     40

    Plant "W"

3

  66

    8

   120

    Plant "X"

1

  11

    8

     20

    Plant "Y"

2

  22

     10.7

     60

    Plant No. 1

2

  50

  12

   120

    Plant No. 2

1

  12

  12

     20

    Plant No. 3

2

  50

  10

   120

    Plant No. 5

2

  50

  10

   120

    Plant No. 6

1

  25

     10.5

     60

    Plant No. 10

2

  24

  13

     45

 


 

 

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