Red Creek Inflow Weir Project
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Project ID: 6586
Status: Cancelled
Fiscal Year: 2024
Submitted By:
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Project Manager: Natalie Boren
PM Agency: Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
PM Office: Northeastern Region
Lead: Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
WRI Region: Northeastern
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Description:
Red Creek Reservoir and creek are in need of a measurement device that can accurately measure inflows from spring run off as well as normal base flows into this system. This project was identified in a 2019 MOU with Red Creek Irrigation Company as critical need. The project will also help UDWR staff with irrigation water share delivery and usage to WMA lands located directly below the Red Creek Reservoir dam.
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Location:
Red Creek Reservoir is located in Northeastern Utah. Project location is roughly 10 miles north of Fruitland, Utah.
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Project Need
Need For Project:
Red Creek is a relatively small water shed, but serves many stakeholders and water share holders. Utah Division of Wildlife Resources owns a WMA as well as a 128 acre foot dead pool on the reservoir which provides a popular trout fishery to the area. Water has been scarce in this drainage over the past several year with the reservoir level struggling to approach the 25% full range in the past 2 years. The stream coming into Red Creek reservoir is a perennial stream, but has no current flow measurement device. This project looks to install a new weir structure to accurately measure flows as it enters the reservoir. Having an accurate measurement coming in also allow an accurate measurement for water delivery to shareholders going out. Increased accuracy and ability for RCIC to deliver allocated shares is important to this entire system.
Objectives:
1) Find a viable site to install a new weir structure.
2) Hire a contractor or state water resources crew to install the new weir structure.
3) Work directly with Red Creek Irrigation Company to complete the installation of this structure and its related telemetry components.
Project Location/Timing Justification (Why Here? Why Now?):
Water is critical in the west as we endure a prolonged mega drought. Being able to accurately measure water for an entire distribution system below the Red Creek Reservoir dam is important for all landowners and shareholders in this system.
Relation To Management Plan:
12/10/2019 MOU between Red Creek Irrigation Company (RCIC), UDWR and the Youngs indicates the UDWR and RCIC will work together to install an upstream weir structure to accurately measure inflow into the reservoir itself. This will allow RCIC to accurately distribute UDWR and Young water shares to irrigate up to 81 acres of UDWR lands via the new pipeline.
Tabby Mountain HMP- Water rights and capital infrastructure protection.
Fire / Fuels:
N/A to this project
Water Quality/Quantity:
This project allows Red Creek Irrigation Company to accurately measure water coming into Red Creek Reservoir which then allows for accurate distribution down stream to water share holders including the UDWR.
Compliance:
We will need a stream alteration permit. I have spoken with our local water rights engineer about the project, this will be a simple task.
Methods:
1)Work with Utah Water Resources staff as well as intern DWR staff to plan and install a new weir water measurement device upstream of Red Creek Reservoir.
2)Find a location to install the weir structure on DWR or SITLA owned lands.
3)If possible install telemetry to allow for online access to the site for real time flow data.
Monitoring:
If funding allows, we would like to install telemetry which allows real time access to this inflow. Monitoring would occur via Red Creek Irrigation Company staff along with UDWR staff.
Partners:
Trout Unlimited and Red Creek Irrigation Company
Future Management:
Completion of this project will help with water distribution of the entire system below the Red Creek Dam. This is also the first of several steps to help UDWR staff work towards reallocation of a water right that would allow irrigation on WMA lands below the dam. The project is a first step in the process and could go along way with stakeholders in the system.
Sustainable Uses of Natural Resources:
This project has direct benefit to water delivery accuracy down stream.
| Budget | WRI/DWR | Other | Budget Total | In-Kind | Grand Total |
| $22,500.00 | $0.00 | $22,500.00 | $3,250.00 | $25,750.00 |
| Item | Description | WRI | Other | In-Kind | Year |
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| Equipment Purchase | Purchase of a pre-fabricated weir box for Red Creek + in-kind Bio II & Eric Anderson's time finding the right structure | $7,500.00 | $0.00 | $1,250.00 | 2024 |
| Contractual Services | Professional installation of the structure + assistant from UDWR staff | $7,500.00 | $0.00 | $500.00 | 2024 |
| Equipment Purchase | Telemetry for real time water monitoring | $5,000.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 2024 |
| Materials and Supplies | Incidentals/unexpected costs associated with this project. | $1,000.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 2024 |
| Contractual Services | Hire telemetry specialist to fix the already installed Red Creek dam and outlet telemetry features installed and not functional since 2013. Red Creek Irrigation company president's time assisting with this. | $1,500.00 | $0.00 | $1,500.00 | 2024 |
| Funding | WRI/DWR | Other | Funding Total | In-Kind | Grand Total |
| $22,500.00 | $0.00 | $22,500.00 | $3,250.00 | $25,750.00 |
| Source | Phase | Description | Amount | Other | In-Kind | Year |
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| Habitat Council Account | Fisheries benefit + future benefit to our WMA below Red Creek Dam with the ability to irrigate an additional 20-40 acres for big game forage. RCIC will contribute as much as they can to this project. | $22,500.00 | $0.00 | $3,250.00 | 2024 |
Species
| Species | "N" Rank | HIG/F Rank | ||||
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| Colorado River Cutthroat Trout | N2 | R1 | ||||
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| Colorado River Cutthroat Trout | N2 | R1 | ||||
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| Elk | R2 | |||||
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| Elk | R2 | |||||
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| Mule Deer | R1 | |||||
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| Mule Deer | R1 | |||||
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| Rainbow Trout | R5 | |||||
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| Tiger Trout | R2 | |||||
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Habitats
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| Mountain Sagebrush | ||||
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Map Features
| ID | Feature Category | Action | Treatement/Type |
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| 2705 | Water development point feature | Construction | Water Control Structure |
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