Meeks Cabin Dam

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Meeks Cabin Dam (National ID # WY01390) is a dam in Uinta County, Wyoming near the remote southwest corner of the state. A minor portion of its Meeks Cabin Reservoir extends south, over the state line into Utah.

The earthen dam was constructed from 1966 through 1971 by the United States Bureau of Reclamation, with a height of 185 feet and 3162 feet long at its crest.[1] It impounds the Blacks Fork, primarily for irrigation water storage. The dam is owned by the Bureau, part of the larger regional Lyman Project, and is operated by the Bridger Valley Water Conservancy District.

The reservoir has a surface area of 470 acres and a maximum capacity of 32,470 acre-feet.[2] Recreation on the water includes fishing (for cutthroat trout and whitefish), hunting, boating, camping and hiking, and is under the jurisdiction of the United States Forest Service within the Wasatch-Cache National Forest.[3]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Facility.jsp?fac_Name=Meeks%20Cabin%20Dam
  2. ↑ http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Project.jsp?proj_Name=Lyman%20Project
  3. ↑ http://www.recreation.gov/recAreaDetails.do?contractCode=NRSO&recAreaId=1205&contractCode=129

Coordinates: 41°01′32″N 110°34′49″W / 41.02555°N 110.58024°W / 41.02555; -110.58024

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