Moon Lake is a high mountain
reservoir on the south slope of the
High Uintas in
Duchesne County, Utah. Recreation management is under the jurisdiction of the
U.S. Forest Service
The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands. The Forest Service manages of land. Major divisions of the agency in ...
, as the lake is part of the
Ashley National Forest.
In 1938, the
United States Bureau of Reclamation completed the earthen Moon Lake Dam on the
Lake Fork River
The Lake Fork River is a river in Duchesne County, Utah in the United States. It flows for U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed 2016-05-13 from Mount Lovenia in the Uinta M ...
to expand the size of the existing natural lake for irrigation. The dam has a height of 98 feet, and the expanded reservoir a capacity of 49,500
acre-feet.
See also
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Uinta Indian Irrigation Project
The Uinta Indian Irrigation Project is the principal Indian irrigation project in the Uintah Basin. The United States Bureau of Indian Affairs designed and constructed this project. By 1935, the Uinta Indian Irrigation Project was irrigating over ...
References
Reservoirs in Utah
Lakes of Duchesne County, Utah
Tourist attractions in Duchesne County, Utah
Dams in Utah
United States Bureau of Reclamation dams
Dams completed in 1938
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