Northeast Wyoming River Basins Water Plan
Technical Memoranda

SUBJECT:	Appendix J Storage Operation and Description KLODT
PREPARED BY:	HKM Engineering Inc.
DATE:	March 2002

KEY STORAGE FACILITIES

Reservoir:	KLODT
Date:	26 Feb. 2001
Location:	SWSE 23,T44N,R63W
Owner:	BILL TOWNSEND
Year of Construction:	1920
Total Storage:	1,708 acre-feet
Active Storage:	980 acre-feet
Dead Storage:	None reported in permit.
Area/Capacity Data:	(Source: April 1916 "Map to Accompany Application for Klodt Reseervoir," Joseph J. Klodt, applicant, on file in SEO Safety of Dams office.)
	Contour Area (acres) Average (acres) Interval Capacity (acre-feet) 5.00 0.0 10.00 53.00 26.50 132.50 15.50 81.00 67.00 335.00 20.00 124.00 102.50 512.50 TOTAL AVAILABLE CAPACITY 980.00
Dam Construction Type:	Earth Fill
Outlet:	18-inch-diameter cast-iron pipe controlled by a gate valve at the upstream face of the dam
Spillway:	300 x 5 feet (at base)
End-of-Month Storage Records:	No
Water Rights:	(Source: Tabulation of Adjudicated Surface Water Rights of the State of Wyoming, Water Division Number Two, Oct. 1999)
Reservoir Permit Number Permitted Use Priority Date Volume (af) Headgate Location (S-T-R) Klodt Res 2897R D,I,S 01-30-1915 979.6 23-44-063
Designated Use:	Irrigation
Associated Irrigation Diversions:	Used in Beaver Valley (permit 13382) and Sunset ditches (13383)
References:	Map to Accompany Application for Klodt Reservoir, Joseph J. Klodt, Newcastle, Wyoming, 3 April 1916.

Klodt Dam cross section (Source: "Map to Accompany Application for Klodt Reservoir," Joseph J. Klodt, Newcastle, Wyoming, 3 April 1916):

Net evaporative loss for Klodt Reservoir:

Lewis Annual Evaporation (in.)	40
Total Storage (acre-feet)	1,708

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average percent of storage	52.1	55.7	63.8	67.0	73.3	74.9	73.5	71.3	69.2	51.6	51.3	51.5
Generated storage (acre-feet)	889	951	1090	1144	1253	1278	1255	1218	1183	881	876	879
Corresponding area (acres)	116.4	121.5	133.2	137.7	146.9	149.0	147.1	144.0	141.0	115.7	115.3	115.5
Calculations:
Monthly Lewis Evap. (inches)	1.08	1	1.56	3.2	4.6	5.24	6.84	6.24	4.6	3.04	1.56	1.04
Monthly Precipitation (inches)	0.25	0.25	0.75	1.25	2.25	2.25	1.75	1.25	1.25	0.75	0.25	0.25
Net Evaporation (inches)	0.83	0.75	0.81	1.95	2.35	2.99	5.09	4.99	3.35	2.29	1.31	0.79	TOTAL
Total Net Evaporation (acre-feet)	8	8	9	22	29	37	62	60	39	22	13	8	317