John Day Project: Irrigation and DrainageDepartment of the Interior, U.S. Reclamation Service, 1916 - 185 pages |
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acre feet acre foot alfalfa Alkali Canyon amount approximately average basalt Bottom of hole boulders Bull Basin Butter Creek Camas Creek capacity Carty Reservoir cent Clarno coarse sand Columbia River construction cost per acre crops cubic yards culverts Dayville Reservoir Depth in Feet Deschutes Deschutes River discharge diversion dam drainage area drill duty of water Earth Section Mile east Eight Mile Canyon excavation farm feed canal Five Mile Creek flood flow foot contour Fork of John formation hardpan Heppner inches investigations irrigation John Day Project John Day River lava loam March maximum North Fork OREGON COOPERATIVE possible probably proposed pumping Reclamation Service reconnaissance Rock Creek run-off sandy land sandy loam season second feet seepage losses sheet siphon slope soil spillway square mile storage streams Surface elevation Thirty Mile Creek topography tunnel Ukiah Umatilla Project Umatilla River water returns Willow Creek
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Page 19 - ... shall be admitted to any share or part of this contract or agreement, or to any benefit to arise thereupon. Nothing, however, herein contained shall be construed to extend to any incorporated company, where such contract or agreement is made for the general benefit of such incorporation or company, as provided in section 116 of the act of Congress approved March 4, 4909 (35 Stat.
Page 15 - Act, and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, including the Washoe Project Act of August 1, 1956 (70 Stat. 775), as amended by the act of August 21, 1958 (72 Stat. 705), and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of July 9, 1956, as amended (33 USC 466 et seq.) the Secretary of the Interior...
Page 61 - Description. Fine gravel. Coarse sand. Medium sand. Fine sand. Very fine sand. Silt. Clay.
Page 16 - ... canals and water distribution facilities, ground water development, and related facilities in the upper Snake River Valley, Idaho. In the construction, operation and maintenance of the said project and project works, the Secretary shall be governed by the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388), and Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto) and the project shall be operated consistent with the existing agreements as to storage rights in the Federal reclamation reservoirs...
Page 85 - ... characteristic when compared with those of other formations in the basin. In general the beds are colored various shades of red, green, blue, or yellow. In some cases they are white or gray. As will be shown later, the coloration is an important character in distinguishing the subdivisions of the system. The beds are usually quite soft and disintegrate very rapidly, forming a layer of mud several inches thick over a large part of the exposed surface. A moderately heavy rain starts the mud almost...
Page 19 - ... as provided in section 116 of the act of Congress approved March 4, 1909 (35 Stat.
Page 85 - The erosion forms and coloration of the John Day strata are quite characteristic when compared with those of other formations in the basin. In general the beds are colored various shades of red, green, blue, or yellow. In some cases they are white or gray. As will be shown later, the coloration is an important character in distinguishing the subdivisions of the system. The beds are usually quite soft and disintegrate very rapidly, forming a layer of mud several inches thick over a large part of the...
Page 19 - It is also further agreed that no Member of or Delegate to Congress or Resident Commissioner, after his election or appointment, or either before or after he has qualified, and during his continuance in office, and...
Page 19 - In witness whereof, these presents have been duly executed by the parties hereto the day and year first above written. UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION, [L.
Page 19 - Secretary of the Interior, for and on behalf of the United States of America, party of the first part, and , for and on behalf of the State of '. , party of the second part...