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The Little Dell Reservoir dam is a rolled earthfill structure. It has a maximum height of 224 feet (68 m) above the streambed and is 1,700 feet (520 m) in length. [4] The recreation area at Little Dell is located near the site of a historic Pony Express station run by Utah pioneer Ephraim Hanks in the mid-19th century.
Bonneville cutthroats are descended from cutthroat trout that once inhabited the Late Pleistocene-aged Lake Bonneville of Utah, eastern Nevada, and southern Idaho.Since the desiccation of Lake Bonneville into the Great Salt Lake, which is too salty for any life other than brine shrimp, Bonneville cutthroats have been isolated in smaller populations such as the headwaters of mountain creeks ...
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Utah.. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3).
All reservoirs in Utah should be included in this category. ... (Utah) Cutler Reservoir; D. Deer Creek Dam and Reservoir ... Little Dell Reservoir; Lost Creek Dam ...
The portion of SR-65 east of Mountain Dell was removed from the route in 1945 in favor of a connection with SR-4 (US-40, now I-80) in Parley's Canyon. (The connecting SR-66 was truncated at the same time, and has since been reconnected.) [ 5 ] Two years later, this law was essentially repealed, as SR-65 was moved back to the full Henefer-Salt ...
The reservoir it creates, Lost Creek Reservoir, has a total capacity of 22,510 acre-feet with a surface area of 365 acres (148 ha). [2] Recreation includes fishing (rainbow trout and cutthroat trout) and boating. [3] Lost Creek State Park is nearby. [4]
Mountain Dell Dam, Utah. Winter 2019. Downstream side of the dam. Circa 1925. Upstream side of the dam. Circa 1925. The Mountain Dell Dam provides a water equalizing and storage reservoir for Salt Lake City, Utah located 10 miles (16 km) east of the city in northeastern Salt Lake County, near Interstate 80 in Parley's Canyon.
Creation of a reservoir was approved by the United States Congress in 1935 to help alleviate this problem, and Deer Creek Reservoir became a significant part of the Provo River Project. The Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) began construction of the reservoir in the spring of 1938. Water was available for use in 1941, and the project was completed in ...