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Joes Valley Dam (National ID # UT10124) is a dam in
Emery County, Utah Emery County is a county in east-central Utah, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 10,976. Its county seat is Castle Dale, and the largest city is Huntington. History Prehistory Occupation of the San Rafael ...
. The earthen dam was constructed between 1963 and 1965 by the
United States Bureau of Reclamation The Bureau of Reclamation, and formerly the United States Reclamation Service, is a federal agency under the U.S. Department of the Interior, which oversees water resource management, specifically as it applies to the oversight and opera ...
, with a height of 192 feet and 750 feet long at its crest. It impounds Seely Creek for irrigation and municipal water supply. The dam is owned by the Bureau and operated by the local Emery Water Conservancy District as part of the Emery County Project, which also includes
Huntington North Dam Huntington North Dam (National ID # UT10122) is a dam in Emery County, Utah. The earthen dam was constructed between 1964 and 1966 by the United States Bureau of Reclamation, with a height of 74 feet and a length of 1907 feet at its crest. It ...
. The reservoir it creates, Joes Valley Reservoir, has a water surface of about two square miles and a maximum capacity of 54,920
acre-feet The acre-foot is a non- SI unit of volume equal to about commonly used in the United States in reference to large-scale water resources, such as reservoirs, aqueducts, canals, sewer flow capacity, irrigation water, and river flows. An acre-f ...
. Recreation includes fishing, hunting, boating, camping and hiking. The site is surrounded by the Manti-La Sal National Forest.


Climate

Red Pine Ridge is a
SNOTEL 300px, Data from a SNOTEL site in Elko County, Nevada SNOTEL is an automated system of snowpack and related climate sensors operated by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) of the United States Department of Agriculture in the Weste ...
weather station 9 miles (14.5 km) north of Joes Valley Reservoir.


References

{{authority control Dams in Utah Reservoirs in Utah United States Bureau of Reclamation dams Buildings and structures in Emery County, Utah Dams completed in 1965 Dams in the Green River (Colorado River tributary) basin Lakes of Emery County, Utah 1965 establishments in Utah