Annual winter carnival held in February. A total of 300 miles, 125 miles of lined canal and 85 miles of pipeline, make up the system of laterals. 181, Ellsworth, NE 69340; (308) 762-4893. Recreation is managed for the Bureau of Reclamation by the Natrona County Roads, Bridges, and Parks Department, 538 S. Wyoming Blvd., Mills, WY 82644; (307) 235-9325. Ocean Lake, an offstream reservoir located in the center of the irrigated lands about 15 miles northwest of Riverton, is not a storage reservoir, but was created as a result of operation of the Unit. The plant was shut down on June 15, 1973, because of high operation and maintenance costs and penstock problems. Located off Wyoming State 114, 3 miles northwest of Deaver. Fishing year-round with Wyoming State license.

Pathfinder Reservoir Flows Over the UncontrolledSpillway at Pathfinder Dam, June 17, 2016. Box 1630, Mills, WY 82644; (307) 261-5671. Available services include devel oped accessible campsites and RV sites with dump stations, drinking water, tables, accessible restrooms, wind screens, and primitive campsites. Located on the North Platte River, 2 miles northwest of the town of Guernsey, in Platte County. Walleye are stocked in the reservoir annually. Bull Lake has greatly reduced flooding on Bull Lake Creek and contributes to the abatement of floods on the Wind River. Recreation managed for the Bureau of Reclamation by Wyoming State Parks and Historic Sites. When completed in June 1909 on the North Platte River, 47 miles southwest of Casper, the granite Pathfinder Dam was a triumph of early 20th century design. In 1994, Powell was one of 10 municipalities named an All-America City by the National Civic League. View Current Reservoir Data. The bedrock under the reservoir site is porous, and the reservoir has never held much water. Guernsey Dam on the North Platte River lies between historic Fort Laramie and Laramie peak and just a few miles from some deep, sandstone ruts on the historic Oregon Trail. View Current Reservoir Data. 2 was placed in operation in 1908, and in 1915 the irrigation works for the Riverton Valley had been completed. Popular windsurfing area. Wyoming Canal No. Access from I-25 via County Rd. The Miracle Mile Area extends downstream approximately 5.5 miles from the bottom of Kortes Dam to the boundary of the southern management unit of the Pathfinder National Wildlife Refuge. No drinking water. The Wyoming Area Office service area includes the states of Wyoming east of the Continental Divide and extends into western Nebraska. Provisions were made for the disposal of these lands under the homestead, townsite, coal, and mineral land laws. Available services include restroom, picnic tables, primitive boat ramp, primitive camping. Kortes Reservoir is located in a narrow canyon below Seminoe Dam. The reconnaissance was presumably made in July 1904. 1606. Lake Minatare, with a surface area of 2,158 acres and slightly more than 7 miles of shoreline is a part of the North Platte National Wildlife Refuge. Since the unit lands were largely included in the Wind River Indian Reservation during the earliest days of western development, settlement came comparatively late. Excellent wildlife viewing area, especially wetland and waterfowl species (ducks, pelicans, and sandhill cranes). Glendo Available species include bluegill, channel catfish, largemouth bass, walleye (15 inch minimum), and yellow perch. Other benefits include flood control, fish and wildlife enhancement, and recreation. Dinosaur interpretive trail is located near Cottonwood Creek Beach. Available species include walleye, brown trout, rainbow trout, and cutthroat trout. Digital Antiquity extends our knowledge of the human past and improves the management of our cultural heritage by permanently preserving digital archaeological data and supporting their discovery, access, and reuse. Pathfinder Reservoir Flows Over the Uncontrolled, Missouri Basin and Arkansas-Rio Grande-Texas Gulf, Missouri Basin and Arkansas-Rio Grande-Texas Gulf Home, Reclamation announces fluctuation of Wind River flow downstream of Boysen Dam >>, Breach of Interstate Canal West of Lingle View specific public facilities for this site. Hiking and horseback riding.

Wyoming State fishing license required (special regulations apply). Several boat ramps located at developed recreation sites around lake. Access from U.S. 220 via County Rd. The dam was completed in 1927, for hydropower and flood control. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation more than doubled its initial costs with subsequent mitigation efforts, which proved unsuccessful. It was one of the earliest federal Reclamation Service dams in the West, and convinced agency officials of their ability to do great things.. The spillway is a concrete chute 100 feet wide, controlled by three automatic radial gates. With a surface area of 6,100 acres, this lake is famous for its crappie and ling fishing. View specific public facilities for this site. Available services include developed campsites and RV sites with dump stations, drinking water, tables, wind screens, accessible restrooms, and accessible boat ramps. Other activities include watchable wildlife, big game hunting in season with State license, rockhounding, and horseback riding. Guernsey State Park has 7 campgrounds and 3 boat ramps. Located off U.S. 26, 15 miles west of Shoshoni. Most of the Winters Creek Lake lies within the North Platte National Wildlife Refuge. Box 398, Glendo, WY 82213; (307) 735-4433. 2 Recreation Board, Indigenous People in Wyoming and the West, Watering a Dry Land: Wyoming and Federal Irrigation, Anchor Dam and the Reservoir that Wouldn't Hold Water, Green River Historic Preservation Commission, Natrona County Board of Cooperative Educational Services, Natrona County Recreation Joint Powers Board, Sublette County Historical Preservation Board, University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources, Casper Chapter, Wyoming Archaeological Society, June Frison chapter, Wyoming Archeological Society. Pilot Canal flows in a generally easterly direction from Pilot Butte Reservoir, servicing lands lying south of those supplied by the Wyoming Canal. No restroom. 351 or from U.S. 220 via Natr ona County Hwy. Anchor Managed by the Bureau of Reclamation, Wyoming Area Office, P.O. No drinking water. North Platte National Wildlife Refuge, (managed from Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge), 10630 Rd. Other activities include swimming, hiking, watchable wildlife, waterfowl, and big game hunting in season with Wyoming State hunting license. A barrier-free fishing pier, restroom, and shelter are located at Black Beach. Region: Missouri Basin and Arkansas-Rio Grande-Texas Gulf Regions, Related Documents tDAR (the Digital Archaeological Record) is the digital repository of the Center for Digital Antiquity, a collaborative organization and university Center at Arizona State University. Access from I-80 via Carbon County Rd. The capacity of the outlet works is 4,000 cubic feet per second. Seminoe State Park provides 3 campgrounds and 3 boat ramps. Glendo Dam Overlook Trail is located north of Glendo Dam. Its economy has been boosted over the last century, however, by nearby coal mines and oil wells, and by public schools, a hospital and a community college, the last three of which are now the towns largest employers. Riverton Unit History (86 KB), Related Facilities Recreation is managed by Bureau of Reclamation, Wyoming Area Office, P.O. Bull Lake A boat ramp and parking lot are located one-half mile downstream of the dam.

Located on the North Platte River 4 miles downriver from Pathfinder Dam. Rainbow and brown trout are stocked annually. View specific public facilities for this site. Direct flow water from Wind River and stored water from Bull Lake Creek are used to provide irrigation service to approximately 71,000 acres as of 1996.

The capacity of the spillway is 11,000 cubic feet per second. Select a ProjectAinsworth UnitAlmena UnitAngostura DivisionArmel UnitBostwick DivisionBoysen UnitCanyon Ferry UnitCedar Bluff UnitCrow Creek Pump UnitDickinson UnitEast Bench UnitFort Clark UnitFrenchman-Cambridge DivisionGarrison Diversion UnitGlen Elder UnitGlendo UnitHanover-Bluff UnitHeart Butte UnitHelena Valley UnitJames DiversionJamestown Dam and ReservoirKeyhole UnitKirwin UnitKortes UnitLower Marias UnitNorth Loup DivisionOwl Creek UnitPick Sloan Missouri Basin ProgramRapid Valley UnitSavage UnitShadehill UnitWebster UnitYellowtail UnitSelect a DamBartley Diversion DamBonny DamBull Lake DamCambridge Diversion DamCulbertson Diversion DamDavis Creek DamEnders DamKent Diversion DamLovewell DamMedicine Creek DamMerritt DamRed Willow Creek Diversion DamRed Willow DamShadehill DamSuperior Courtland Diversion DamTiber DamTrenton DamVirginia Smith DamWebster DamWind River Diversion DamWoodston Diversion DamYellowtail Afterbay DamYellowtail DamSelect a PowerplantPilot Butte PowerplantYellowtail Powerplant, Related Links >>, Reclamation announces lowering of Guernsey Reservoir in preparation for annual silt run>>, Reclamation selects Lyle D. Myler as Wyoming Area Office Manager >>, Reclamation issues snowmelt forecast for Bighorn River Basin >>, Reclamation to host water information meeting for Buffalo Bill Reservoir Design Credits. 407 and Carbon county Roads 291 and 351. The lake has a surface area of 379 acres and approximately 4 miles of shoreline. No fish stocked in Kortes Reservoir. Recreation is managed for the Bureau of Reclamation by Natrona County Roads, Bridges, and Parks Department, 538 S. Wyoming Blvd., Mills, WY 82644; (307) 235-9325. Additional information about the managing partners and the sites they manage is available on their websites: "America the Beautiful - National Parks and Federal Recreation Lands Pass" (replaces Golden Eagle, Golden Age, Golden Access and National Parks passports) discounts are NOT ACCEPTED for admission to Reclamation managed facilities or parks with the exception of the New Melones Lake Reclamation managed recreation areas. Pilot Butte Reservoir is located 10 miles below Wind River Diversion Dam. Approximately 2.8 million acre-feet of water is released annually. Bull Lake Dam creates a reservoir of 152,000 acre feet. Eight miles north off I-90 (Exit 165) between Moorcroft and Sundance.

Wyoming State fishing license required. Canoes and other small watercraft may be launched from the campground. The area is also popular for rock climbing. Area popular for float-tubing. View specific public facilities for this site. The principal storage is provided by Bull Lake Reservoir on Bull Lake Creek. Waterfowl hunting in season with State license. Wyoming Canal is 62.4 miles long and has a capacity of 1,800 cubic feet per second. Many of the recreation sites listed below are managed by state or local managing partners. About 74 :percent of the total length of these two canals is lined. The reservoir is stocked annually with rainbow and cutthroat trout. 17 (Glendo Park Road). Keyhole Reservoir in northeast Wyoming is operated by the Dakotas Area Office. Other activities include big game and waterfowl hunting in season with Wyoming State hunting license, hiking, watchable wildlife, and horseback riding. Fish species include trout, walleye, perch, and ling. Construction of the Wind River Diversion Dam was started in July 1921 and completed in 1923. There are 3 campgrounds and 3 boat ramps. View specific public facilities for this site. In 1968, the U.S. Congress created the Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, which is located in the states of Utah and Wyoming and draws visitors from around the world. Keyhole Guernsey State Park, P.O. 181, Ellsworth, NE 69340; (308) 762-4893. Approximately 1,000 surface acres. Available services include picnic tables, accessible restrooms, primitive boat ramp. Plans to stock the river immediately below the dam with largemouth bass and channel catfish. Boysen Lake Minatare State Recreation Area, Box 188, Minatare, NE 69356; (308)783-2911. Guernsey Reservoir is severely drawn down twice a year, which affects fish population densities. Rainbow trout stocked annually in the Miracle Mile. Adjacent to Seminoe Dam, near the north end of the reservoir, the Morgan Creek drainage area comprises approximately 4,752 acres of forested lands within the Seminoe Mountains. Further construction was carried out in the 1930's and following the end of World War II. Winter fishing is popular. Administered by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department as a winter range for elk and bighorn sheep. Available services include: picnic/camp shelters, accessible restrooms, boat ramp, and primitive camping. Managed as a State recreation area by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. The east side is open to the public during daylight hours from May 15 to Sept 30. Good access via shoreline roads and 3 boat ramps. Located on the South Fork of Owl Creek 38 miles northwest of Thermopolis, WY via highways 120 and 170. The Northeast side features an undisturbed bird sanctuary. 351. State: Wyoming The Pilot Butte Power Plant is located at the drop from the Wyoming Canal to Pilot Butte Reservoir. Available species include brown trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, and walleye. Recreation is managed for Reclamation by Boysen State Park, Boysen Rt., Shoshoni, WY 82649; (307) 876-2796. Rainbow and cutthroat are stocked in the river below Gray Reef Dam. Fishing year-round with Wyoming State license. North Platte National Wildlife Refuge (managed from Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge), 10630 Rd. View information regarding Current Reservoir Data. The process took more than a decade, and shows the difficulties of allocating water in the arid West. Box 1630, Mills, WY 82644; (307) 261-5671. These multipurpose projects include 20 reservoirs, 3,800 miles of canals and laterals, and 11 operating hydroelectric power plants. Lake Alice, with a surface area of 752 acres and nearly 6 miles of shoreline, lies almost entirely within the North Platte National Wildlife Refuge.

Approximately 6,000 surface acres. View Current Reservoir Data. A Project of the Wyoming State Historical Society. The Glendo Dam Wetlands Trail, located along the river, just below the dam, features two fishing/observation piers. Available services include accessible bridge and walkway to viewing area. The construction period for Bull Lake Dam was 1936-38. Unit features are Bull Lake Dam, Pilot Butte Dam, Wind River Diversion Dam, and Pilot Butte Powerplant, together with approximately 100 miles of main canals, 300 miles of laterals, and 644 miles of drains. WYAO has recreation opportunities from northwest to southeast Wyoming east of the continental divide and in western Nebraska. Motorized boats are permitted. The collective storage capacity is more than 4.5 million acre-feet and combined installed power capacity is over 280 megawatts. Box 1630, Mills, WY 82644; (307) 261-5671. Missouri Basin and Arkansas-Rio Grande-Texas Gulf Regions. View Current Reservoir Data. It stores water for irrigation and recreation, controls floods, reduces sedimentation in the Guernsey reservoir downstream and produces hydropower. Available species include walleye, yellow perch, and channel catfish. On March 3, 1905, the Congress passed an act ratifying an agreement with the Indians of the Wind River Reservation, ceding lands north of Wind River to the United States. Water for unit lands is delivered through the Wyoming Canal, which leads from Wind River Diversion Dam to Pilot Butte Reservoir and beyond to the distribution system. Fish species include trout, walleye, perch, bluegill, green sunfish, and crappie. 407 and Carbon County roads 291 and 351. The site is very remote and has a vault toilet and primitive camping.

Recreation is managed for Reclamation by Buffalo Bill State Park, 47 Lakeside Rd., Cody, WY 82414; (307) 587-9227. Recreation is managed for Reclamation by Wyoming Game and Fish Department, 2820 State 120, Cody, WY 82414; (307) 527-7125. View specific public facilities for this site. Scenic overlooks and three interpretive nature trails. View Current Reservoir Data.

Its construction was slowed by engineering difficulties and labor strife, but when it was finished stood as an engineering marvel, one of the first concrete arch dams built in the United States and the tallest dam in the world at the time. On February 20, 1906, the State of Wyoming was granted a permit to make a survey for the development of irrigable land. In 1869, explorer John Wesley Powell named the red-walled canyon on the Green River in Wyoming Territory Flaming Gorge. The Flaming Gorge Dam, completed in 1964, helps regulate water flows and its power plant generates electricity. For more information about our sponsors and the people behind WyoHistory.org, visit our About Us page: about Watering a Dry Land: Wyoming and Federal Irrigation, about Anchor Dam and the Reservoir that Wouldn't Hold Water, Carbon County School District No. Boating with motors less than 10 horsepower. There are two main canals in the unit. The spillway is a concrete ogee weir with a capacity of 40,000 cubic feet per second. Located off U.S. 26, 20 miles west of Riverton. No fishing. Pilot Butte The first reference to the area as a possible irrigation project is found in the third annual report of the Reclamation Service. Rainbow and cutthroat trout are stocked annually in the reservoir. Located on U.S. 20, 10 miles north of Shoshoni. Bull Lake Dam is a modified homogeneous earthfill dam 81 feet high and containing 820,000 cubic yards of material. 32f0dd8de5c6a6bbda4cd8bb4dd352485d01eda3 (master), Class III Cultural Resource Inventory of Bureau of Reclamation lands at Seminoe Reservoir, Carbon County Wyoming (2003), A Class III Cultural Resources Inventory for the Proposed installation of a Drip Irrigation System at the Rattlesnake Creek Wetlands Area, Buffalo Bill State Park, Shoshone Project (2003), Recordation of Historic Pilot Butte Dam, Fremont County, Wyoming, Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program, Riverton Unit (2003), Subscribe to Digital Antiquity on Youtube. The Riverton Unit is located in central Wyoming in Fremont County on the ceded portion of the Wind River Indian Reservation. The federal government finally entered the irrigation business in 1902, after it became clear that large infusions of public funds were needed to build projects big enough to be effective in the arid West. Current elevation and content information is available for the reservoirs listed alphabetically (below), Alcova The Wyoming Area Office in Mills, Wyoming, manages the Boysen, Glendo, Hanover-Bluff, Kortes, Owl Creek, and Riverton units of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, the Shoshone Project in the Bighorn River Basin, and the North Platte and Kendrick Projects in the North Platte River Basin. Guernsey 412. Approximately 80 surface acres. Power was distributed over 76 miles of transmission lines. Digital Antiquity and tDAR are and have been supported by a number of organizations, including the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the National Science Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Parts of the reservoir are included in the Pathfinder National Wildlife Refuge. Located on the North Platte River, 6 miles southeast of the town of Glendo, in Platte County. In 1925, water was delivered to the project lands. Access from I-80 via Carbon County Rd. View Current Reservoir Data. The dam stands today high above a small pool of water. On September 25, 1970, Public Law 91-409 reauthorized the project as the Riverton Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program.

With design help from the National Park Service, they built the handsome stone-and-timber shelters and buildings at Guernsey State Park, in what became a showplace of state park design. The plant has two generating units which operate under a maximum head of 105 feet with a total capacity of 1,600 kilowatts. Available species include walleye, yellow perch, and channel catfish. The eventual result was a dozen dams across Wyoming, but crop agriculture here remains scarce. An average of 800 gigawatt-hours of hydroelectric power generation is produced annually and supplies the needs of 73,000 households. Limited shoreline access via roads. Before Glendo Dam could be built on the North Platte River in Platte County, Wyoming, complicated water-rights disputes had to be settled among Wyoming, Nebraska and Colorado and the settlement approved by the U.S. Supreme Court. View specific public facilities for this site. Located off U.S. 14A, 15 miles east of Cody. Buffalo Bill Walleye, channel catfish, and gizzard shad are stocked in the reservoir annually. 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Gianelli) Powerplant *, BCP - Coachella Canal Rehabilitation and Betterment, Boulder Canyon Project - All-American Canal System, Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Project, Colorado River Front Work and Levee System, CRBSCP - Desalting Complex Unit - Title I, CRBSCP - Lower Gunnison Basin Unit - Title II, CRBSCP - Protective and Regulatory Pumping Unit - Title I, High Plains States Groundwater Recharge Demonstration Program Project, Salt River Project - Rehabilitation and Betterment. A barrier-free fishing pier and restroom are located at Gray Reef Dam. Seminoe, Missouri Basin and Arkansas-Rio Grande-Texas Gulf, Water Operations: Reservoirs, Dams & Hydropower, Missouri Basin and Arkansas-Rio Grande-Texas Gulf Home. To complete the reservoir, two other embankments were required, one 25 feet high containing 51,000 cubic yards of material, and the other 12 feet high containing 19,000 cubic yards of material. Water released from Bull Lake Reservoir flows through Bull Lake Creek to the Wind River where it augments the natural flow of that stream. Available species include brown trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, ohrid trout, and walleye. Recreation is managed for Reclamation by Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Lander Regional Office, 260 Buena Vista, Lander, WY 82520; (307) 332-2688. Located 8 miles west of Cody, on U.S. 14-16-20 (Yellowstone Highway). Located on the North Platte River 30 miles southwest of Casper, in Natrona County. View specific public facilities for this site. Located 5 miles northwest of Cody, off Wyoming 120. The penstock was replaced, and the units were placed back in service in June 1990. View specific public facilities for this site. View specific public facilities for this site. Available species include brown trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, and walleye. View specific public facilities for this site. WyoHistory.org welcomes the support of the following sponsors. Copyright 2018 Digital Antiquity. The interpretive trail may be accressed across the historic suspension bridge or from the dam. Shoreline fishing easily accessible. Located 25 miles west of Riverton, on U.S. 26. Open all seasons. Eleven primitive camping areas in the Miracle Mile. The diversion dam serves as the headworks to the Wyoming Canal with a capacity of 2,200 cubic feet per second. Open year-round. Additional blue-ribbon quality fishing available on Shoshone River above and below reservoir. Located on the North Platte River 47 miles southwest of Casper, in Carbon and Natrona counties. No overnight camping. East Newton Lake is a trophy trou t fishery. The drainage system extends 644 miles, of which 382 miles are closed pipelines. Construction of Buffalo Bill Dam, completed in 1910 six miles west of Cody, Wyoming, was the key that opened about 90,000 acres in northwestern Wyoming to irrigated farming. Other activities include swimming and watchable wildlife. No drinking water. Brown trout, rainbow trout, and channel catfish are stocked in the river above the reservoir. Interpretive signs, barrier-free restroom and picnic shelter are provided. The main embankment is 63.6 feet high and has a volume of 135,000 cubic yards. Glendo State Park, P.O. Water surface covers approximately 8,000 acres. Six campgrounds, 8 boat ramps, interpretive trail, and marina concession. Recreation is managed for Reclamation by Wyoming Game and Fish Department, 2820 State 120, Cody, WY 82414; (307) 527-7125. Across from Glando Powerplant below the dam there is a boat ramp giving access to the North Platte River. No drinking water. Available services include picnic/camping shelters, accessible restroom, and boat ramp. Recreation is managed for Reclamations Dakotas Area Office by Wyoming State Parks, 353 McKean Rd., Moorcroft, WY 82721; (307) 756-3596. Access from U.S. 220 via County roads 406 or 407. Fish species (coldwater) include rainbow trout, brown trout, lake trout (mackinaw), and cutthroat trout. The Muddy Bay Wetlands Interpretive Nature Trail is located on the east side of Muddy Bay. Unit modifications consist mainly of addition of sediment excluders at the Wyoming Canal headworks, repair of Wind River Diversion Dam, lining for main canals, lining and pipe for laterals, drains, and fish and wildlife facilities. Managed by the Bureau of Reclamation, Wyoming Area Office, P.O. View Current Reservoir Data. Anchor Dam was built in the 1950s on upper Owl Creek in Wyomings Bighorn Basin. The reservoir has an active capacity of 31,600 acre-feet.