Stateline Dam (National ID # UT10156) is a dam in

Summit County, Utah Summit County is a county in the U.S. state of Utah, occupying a rugged and mountainous area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 36,324. Its county seat is Coalville, and the largest city is Park City. History The county ...

, less than a half-mile south of the Utah-Wyoming state line. The earthen rockfill dam was constructed between 1977 and 1979 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 143 feet and 2900 feet long at its crest. It impounds East Fork of Smiths Fork for flood control and irrigation storage, part of the Lyman Project, along with the nearby

Meeks Cabin Dam Meeks Cabin Dam (National ID # WY01390) is a dam on the Blacks Fork of the Green River, located in Uinta County, southwestern Wyoming. It impounds Meeks Cabin Reservoir, which is mostly in Wyoming, with a portion extending south over the state line ...

. The dam is owned by the Bureau and is operated by the local Bridger Valley Water Conservancy District. The reservoir it creates, Stateline Reservoir, has a water surface of 304 acres and has a maximum capacity of 12,000

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 (for rainbow, brook, and cutthroat trout), boating, and camping at 41 Forest Service campsites. Although public access is unrestricted and the water quality is excellent, the water is too cold for most swimmers.

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Hewinta (Hewinta Guard Station) is a

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located 4.6 miles (7.4 km) to the west of Stateline Reservoir at an altitude of 9519 feet (2901 m).

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