The Desert Laboratory

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Beaver Creek: Summary of Data for Ettrick Mill Pond

Data Files:


Quantity Unit
Age1 68 Years
Watershed Area2 50.75 Square miles
Reservoir:
Area at spillway stage:
Original 30.91 Acres
At date of survey 25.86 Acres
Storage capacity to spillway level:
Original 126 Acre-feet
At date of survey 52 Acre-feet
Capacity per square mile of drainage area:2
Original 2.48 Acre-feet
At date of survey 1.02 Acre-feet
Sedimentation:
Sediment above crest4 5.5 Acre-feet
Sediment below crest 74 Acre-feet
Average annual accumulation:
From entire drainage area2 1.1 Acre-feet
Per 100 square miles of drainage area3 2.2 Acre-feet
Per acre of drainage area:3
By volume 1.46 Cubic feet
By weight5 0.06 Ton
Depletion of storage:
Loss of original capacity:
Per year 0.86 Percent
To date of survey 58.73 Percent

1 Storage began 1871, no month given, June assumed; average date of survey, June 1939.

2 Including area of pond.

3 Excluding area of pond.

4 Does not include above-crest deposits above Range 11.

5 Assuming average weight of one cubic foot of silt is 80 pounds.

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