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Watershed Project

imageID: 24463
Description: Watershed Project
Keywords: personnel
watershed structures
dam
Photographer: B.A. Hendricks
Original collection id: 421851
Media: Black & White Print
Collection: Sierra Ancha Historical Images
Quality: 3
Location: Crook NF; AZ; USA
Date(mm/dd/yyyy): 07/30/1942
Comments: Closer view of check dam shown in 421850. Basin above operates as a sand tank. Water stored in the sand and gravel deposits seeps out slowly near the base of the dam. Dam affects deposition for a distance of 600 ft upstream from dam. Deposits at surface average about 75 ft in width. Miami Watershed.
Citation: Use of this image is governed by Creative Commons CC BY. If you use the image, please include the following citation:

Olberding, Susan D.; Huebner, Daniel P.; Edminster, Carleton B. 2007. Sierra Ancha Experimental Forest historical photographs. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2007-0006


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