Transfer Ditch Barrier and Piping
#05-1620 #05-1620
 Methow Sub-basin Beaver/Bear Creek Transfer Ditch Barrier and Piping
Organization Upper Columbia Salmon Recovery Board Lead Entity
Sponsor Okanogan Conservation District
Status Dormant
Schedule Start Date: 1/1/2005 End Date: 12/31/2007
Category Category: Restoration
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DESCRIPTION
This project will replace the Frazier Creek diversion dam with a rock v-weir and pipe its associated irrigation ditch. The Frazier Creek diversion dam and ditch are located on private property in the Beaver Creek drainage, a tributary of the Methow River in western Okanogan County. The transfer ditch diverts 5 cu. feet/sec. (c.f.s.) supplying water to private lands. The diversion structure is reconstructed annually from rocks, logs, and plastic and is presently a low flow barrier. The ditch is an unlined canal constructed in very sandy soils. Canals in similar soils have shown seepage losses from 50 -70%. Eliminating this loss represents a potential return to the stream of 1.0 - 1. 5 c.f.s. This project along with other efficiency projects (see Fort/Thurlow SRFB application, 2005 will substantially mitigate late season low flow issues in Beaver Creek. This project has been identified as essential to salmonid recovery in Beaver Creek by a SRFB-funded Coordinated Resource Management (CRM) planning effort. This voluntary planning and problem-solving citizen's group places a high priority on passage barrier removal and irrigation efficiency projects including piping If funded, this project would renovate the seventh irrigation diversion and pipe the fourth ditch (and the longest) in the system in Beaver Creek.
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FUNDING SOURCES
FUNDING ENTRIES FROM GRANT PROJECT AGREEMENT
TypeDateFunding OrgFunding ProgramMatchAmount
Requested10/03/2005Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)Salmon State Projects$131,906.00
Requested10/03/2005Okanogan Conservation DistrictMatch$348,216.00
Grant Project Agreement Totals Proposed Requested Allocated Spent Balance
$475,122.00 $480,122.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
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LOCATION
Chinook-Pop (ESU):Chinook-Upper Columbia River Spring, Methow River, Endangered
Chinook2-Pop (ESU):Chinook-Upper Columbia River Summer/Fall, Not Warranted
County:Okanogan
HUC12:Lower Beaver Creek (170200080608)
HUC8:Methow (17020008)
Lead Entity Area:Upper Columbia
Legislative District:07
Salmon Recovery Regions:Upper Columbia River
Sections:13
Steelhead-Pop (ESU):Steelhead-Upper Columbia River, Methow River, Threatened
Township:T33NR22E
Upper Columbia Assesment Unit:Lower Beaver Creek
Watershed Administrative Unit:Frazer Creek
WRIA:Methow
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