Bear River Basin Water Plan
Technical Memoranda

SUBJECT:	Appendix D Key Structures and Diversions PIXLEY DAM
PREPARED BY:	Bear River Basin Planning Team
DATE:	August 7, 2000

Diversion Description: The Pixley Dam is a significant reference structure in the Bear River Compact. Water passing over the Pixley dam is divided between Wyoming (43%) and Idaho (57%).	Downstream view of Pixley Dam
Upstream view of Pixley Dam
	Diversion Location: The Pixley Dam is located on the Bear River. This dam is the dividing point between the Upper and Central Divisions as defined by the Bear River Compact. See location map hereafter. Latitude   N 41° 56' 21.0" Longitude   W 110° 59' 21.3"

Conveyance Description: Open channel conveyances.

Direct Flow Water Rights:²

Priority Date	Permit Number	Permitted Use	Permitted Acres	Flow (CFS)	Cumulative (CFS)	Comments
Pixley Irrigation (East)
-1880	Terr	Irrigation	1255	17.92	17.92
Pixley Irrigation (West)
-1880	Terr	Irrigation	886	12.65	12.65
-1881	Terr	Irrigation	798	11.4	24.05
10-17-1882	Terr	Irrigation	315	4.50	28.55
08-03-1907	1761E	Irrigation	6	0.08	28.93
04-24-1930	5718E	Irrigation	206.2	2.95	31.58
04-24-1930	5719E	Irrigation	436.74	6.24	37.82

Associated Storage Rights:

Reservoir	Shareholder	Volume/Shares (Acre-ft)	Comments
Woodruff Narrows	Buckley Brothers	107
Woodruff Narrows	Madylon Gooding	284
Woodruff Narrows	Margaret McKinnon	172
Woodruff Narrows	Lynn & Willa McKinnon	262
Woodruff Narrows	Evan & Dottie Pope	969
Woodruff Narrows	Thompson Land & Livestock	625

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Irrigation Practices: Lands are primarily flood irrigated.³

Crop Types / Consumptive Use: Water is primarily used to irrigate meadow grasses.³

Other Operational Information: The Pixley diversions are not regulated due to their unique association with the Pixley dam as a defining structure of the Bear River Compact. (The Compact does not require flows through the Pixley Dam from the Upper Division to the Lower Division.)

References:

1. USDA -Soil Conservation Service Economic Research Service-Forest Service in Cooperation with the States of Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, Irrigation Conveyance Systems, Working Paper for the Bear River Basin Type IV Study, Idaho-Utah-Wyoming, April 1976

2. Water rights summary obtained from State Engineer Interstate Reglist - revised April 14, 1999

3. Irrigation practices based on field investigation and interview with Mr. Kevin Wilde, Hydrographer / Commissioner - November 30, 1999.

4. State of Utah Natural Resources, Water Budget Studies - Utah, Bear River Study Area, September 1994.

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