Series 869

Department of Natural Resources. Division of Water Rights Water project files, 1902-1970.

12.15 cubic feet and 1 microfilm reel

These records are housed in the Utah State Archives' permanent storage room.

Historical Note

See history of the records' creator.

Summary of Records

This series includes the water project files created and maintained by the State Engineer during the early to mid-20th century. The records found in these water project files are diverse and may include: correspondence; maps; financial records; blueprints; schematic data; water measurement data; reports; and committee minutes.

Scope and Content

With the creation of the office in 1897 the core functions assigned to the Utah State Engineer included: supervising construction efforts of irrigation works in which the State held interest; maintaining a record of stream measurements; approving or denying dam requests; and supervising dam inspections and construction repairs when necessary. In order to fulfill these various duties, the Office of the State Engineer created and maintained a variety of water project records and files. These records document the growth and development of water resources across the state, and reveal how the State Engineer's office interacted with various private and governmental entities on a host of water issues.
This series includes the water project files created and maintained by the State Engineer during the early to mid-20th century. The records found in these water project files are diverse and may include: correspondence; maps; financial records; blueprints; schematic data; water measurement data; reports; and committee minutes.

Arrangement

None.

Additional Forms

This series is available on microfilm.

Access Restrictions

This series is classified as Public.

Use Restrictions

These records are available for reproduction and use.

Preferred Citation

Cite the Utah State Archives and Records Service, the creating agency name, the series title, and the series number.

Acquisition Information

These records were acquired from the creating agency through established retention schedules.

Processing Information

This series was processed by Jim Kichas between August and October 2014.

Related Material

Dam and reservoir investigation and study records from the Office of the State Engineer, Series 861, contains information on dams and reservoirs that may supplement information found in this series.
Stream measurement data from the Office of the State Engineer, Series 873, contains stream measurement data that may supplement the information found in this series.
Underground water survey data from the Office of the State Engineer, Series 874, contains raw data that may supplement the information found in this series.
Water rights records from the Department of Natural Resources. Division of Water Rights, Series 888, contains water rights information that may supplement the records found in this series.
Underground water claims from the Office of the State Engineer, Series 2409, contains underground water rights information that may supplement the records found in this series.
Water rights proof maps from the Department of Natural Resources. Division of Water Rights, Series 27194, contains maps that may supplement the records found in this series.

Indexing Terms

Container List

BoxFolderDateDescription
111930Echo Reservoir Celebration
121930Lost Creek Reservoir Site
131925-1927Echo Reservoir
141925-1926Echo Reservoir Contract
151925-1930Weber Reservoirs
161925-1928Weber River Water Users Association Contract
171925-1927Weber River Water Users Association Articles
181925-1927Weber River Water Users Association
191925Weber River - Wallace Report
1101940Provo City Corporation City Engineer's Report
1111924Weber River Acreage Reports
1121948Utah Water and Power Board Report on Culinary Water Pipe Line Project and Storage Tank
1131939-1947Planimeter Records
1141937Contributions to Colorado River Between Cisco and Fruita
1151925Evaluation of LaRue's Charts - A-C
1161945Information on Losses on Green River, Cisco, Bluff to Lee's Ferry
1171945Work Sheets and Data on Areas Above the Green River
1181945Green River - Losses and Gains Between Linwood and Green River
1191947Stream Depletion Subcommittee
1201945Map Tracings for Determination of Yields Along Borders
1211961Northern Juab Valley Groundwater Report
1221935Report on Emergency Drought Relief Project No. 1 - Pelican Point - Utah Lake
1231954Hooper Pilot Drain Ground Water Studies
1241945Daily Discharge Reports
1251911Report on the Green River Irrigation District
1261926Buckhorn Flat Project
1271927-1934Huntington River Conservation Project
1281928-1932Blue Bench Project
1291929Moon Lake Drilling Project
1301934-1935Moon Lake Drilling Project Agreement
1311927-1932Upper Blue Bench Project
1321935Moon Lake Dam Site
1331926-1930Dry Gulch Irrigation Company
1341930Index to Daily Report
1351948Testimony on Jordan River
1361912-1932Kennecott Copper Company
1371924-1930Salt Lake Basin
1381947Salt Lake City Early County Filings
1391925-1931Deer Creek Project
1401950U.S. Department of the Interior - Land Subcommittee
1411935Strawberry Valley Project
1421933Deer Creek Project
1431930-1932Strawberry Project
1441935Strawberry - Current Creek Project
1451947Summary Reports
1461946-1948Water Resources - Small Reservoir Investigations
1471947Kanab Canal Progress Report
1481945Meadow Improvement Studies
1491947Transmountain Diversion
1501936-1956Land Classification Correspondence
1511935-1950MiscellaneousCorrespondence, Reports, Maps, and Charts
1521935-1950Miscellaneous Correspondence, Reports, Maps, and Charts
1531950Hydrologic Correlations
211918-1941U.S. Forest Service - Cache National Forest Maps
221918-1941U.S. Forest Service - Cache National Forest Maps
231918-1941U.S. Forest Service - Cache National Forest Maps
241933U.S. Forest Service - Ashley National Forest Maps
251918-1933Planimetric Map Files
261937Department of the Interior - Office of Indian Affairs - Navajo County Map
271943U.S. Forest Service - Wasatch National Forest Map
281928Santa Clara Water Project
291936-1939Split Mountain Reservoir Water Project
2101938 JulColorado River Investigation - U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Mapst Pertaining to Preliminary Report on a Comprehensive Plan of Development
2111938 JulColorado River Investigation - U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Mapst Pertaining to Preliminary Report on a Comprehensive Plan of Development
2121932Index Map - National Forests
2131947 AprU.S. Bureau of Reclamation - Land Classification Map
2141940South Myton Irrigation District
2151936Provo River Aqueduct for Salt Lake City Maps
2161940Utah and Goshen Valley's Land Classification Maps
2171945Report on Improving the Water Supplies of Kamas Valley Soil Conservation
2181947Applications in Force on Provo River
2191958Effects of the Provo River Channelization Program on Utah's Wildlife Resources
2201929Provo Lakes
2211927Provo Bay
2221924-1927Salt Lake Basin Investigation - Provo River Division
2231947Provo River Water Rights
2241922-1925Provo Water Users
2251928Provo River Report Excerpts
2261924Utah Water Storage Commission Acreage Reports
2271947Provo Reservoir Company
2281947Chronological Report on the Utah Lake Reservoir Controversy by J.C. Fratto
2291948Tanner Drain
2301927Compilation of Data on Colorado River by Malone, Meeker, and Debler - General Plan for Investigation
2311932-1934Colorado River Files
2321927Colorado River Files
2331950Utah State Agricultural College - Water Problems in Utah Report
2341950-1953Columbia Basin Inter-Agency Committee Land Subcommittee - Inventory of Agency Functions for Land Plans and Programs in the Pacific Northwest
2351961 SepLittle Hobble Creek Reservoir Investigations
2361946-1947Miscellaneous Precipitation Data
2371947Elevation of Flood Waters from Green River Near Ouray
2381946-1947U.S. Bureau of Reclamation - Evaporation Data
2391926Kamas Canal Water Project
2401925-1926Diamond Creek Water Project
2411930Utah Lake Reservoir Water Project
2421925-1939Utah Lake - W.M. Green
2431932Utah Lake Dikes
2441927-1929Utah Lake Control
2451935-1938Elberta Irrigation Water Project Records
311932-1934Great Salt Lake Diking Project
321922Pahvant Irrigation District
331919-1925Weber County Irrigation District
341918Weber River Irrigation District
351929Magpie Project
361938Provo River Project
371938-1941Lower Weber River Investigations
381952Utah Lake - Jordan River Flood Data
391918-1938Elberta Irrigation Project
3101934-1940South Ogden Conservation District
3111913-1918Sevier River Land and Water Company
3121930-1932Hyrum Project
3131947The Benefits from Irrigation Development in Utah
3141948Hydrologic Reconnaissance of Green River in Utah and Colorado
3151916Brown and Sanford Irrigation Company
3161903North Jordan Canal
3171903East Jordan Canal
3181903South Jordan Canal
3191921-1928Cache Valley Irrigation District
3201931-1933Ephraim Investigation
3211926Whiterocks Conservation District
3221922-1923Proposed Myton Canal Irrigation District
3231923Grand and Emery Counties Conservation District
3241927-1928South Myton Irrigation District Vouchers
3251915-1922Huntington Canal and Reservoir Association
3261911-1924New Hope District
3271921Hyrum-Paradise Irrigation District
3281921-1922Proposed Plymouth Fielding Irrigation District
3291920-1921Petersboro-Mendon Irrigation District
3301934-1935Woodruff Project
3311920Logan River Irrigation District
3321933-1934Wellsville-Mendon Conservation District
3331919Hammond Canal Company
3341938-1940Characteristics of the Developed Underground Water Areas of Utah
3351912-1942Swan Lake Project
3361926Carbon Canal Company
3371920-1928Utah Lake and Jordan River Report
3381935WPA Project - Scofield
3391920-1922Curant Creek Irrigation District
3401916T.N. Dodd Irrigation Company
3411948Interviews with Joseph Hibbard, William Turner, and Joseph Mousley
3421947Jordan River Sources of Hydrographic Data
3431925Butlerville Irrigation Project
3441941-1948Tributaries of Utah Lake
3451903Soil Map of Elberta and Goshen Areas
3461925Big Cottonwood Canyon - Brown and Sanford Irrigation Ditch
3471938General Discussion of the Elberta Area
3481936Elberta Reports
3491935Report on Elberta Project
3501941Water Supply - U.S. Army Arsenal
3511939-1940Hill Air Force Depot
3521919-1922Morgan County Irrigation District
3531916Warren Irrigation Company
3541945Upper Colorado River Basin Hydrological Investigation Records
3551920Middle Canyon Irrigation Company
3561929Deer Creek Project
411914-1930Strawberry Valley Project - Proofs of Appropriation
421914-1930Strawberry Valley Project - Proofs of Appropriation
431914-1930Strawberry Valley Project - Proofs of Appropriation
441914-1930Strawberry Valley Project - Proofs of Appropriation
451914-1930Strawberry Valley Project - Proofs of Appropriation
461914-1930Strawberry Valley Project - Proofs of Appropriation
471914-1930Strawberry Valley Project - Proofs of Appropriation
481902-1919Deseret Irrigation Company
491919-1920Marshall Irrigation Project
4101908-1915Otter Creek Reservoir Company
4111909-1916Richlands Irrigation Company
4121921-1922Abraham Irrigation Company
4131914-1947Transmountain Diversion Records
4141916-1919Levan Ridge Irrigation District
4151919John's Valley Irrigation District
4161920-1926Santaquin Irrigation Company
4171947Pleasant Grove Irrigation Company
4181903Utah and Salt Lake Canal Company
4191916Provo Reservoir Company
4201916Utah Lake Irrigation Company
4211920-1923Piute Reservoir and Irrigation Company
4221909-1911Oasis Irrigation Company
4231929-1930Curtis Project
4241927Enterprise Project
4251931Ephraim Irrigation Company
4261925Sanpete County Water Users Association
4271936Hatchtown Dam - Suggested Operation
4281961-1962Water Problems in the San Pitch River Drainage
4291951-1961Ground Water Geology of Sanpete Valley
4301947Juab County Water Users Report
4311947Questions Submitted to William A. Knight
4321924Bates Reservoir
4331947-1948Correspondence File
4341929Utah Valley Land and Water Company's Irrigation Project
4351923Report on Utah Lake Division of Salt Lake Basin Investigations
4361960Miller-Bigelow Watershed Work Plan
4371945-1947Spanish Fork River Decrees
4381936Spanish Fork Water Rights
4391929-1933Hyrum Project
4401937-1938Santa Clara Project
4411941Washington County Investigations
511911-1914Spanish Valley Water and Land Company
521925-1945Precipitation and Runoff Tabulations of Running Averages
531890-1945Yampa and Little Snake Rivers - Irrigation and Losses
541851-1946Main Stem of the Colorado River
551946-1947Data Extracted from Minutes of Upper Colorado River Compact Commission Advisory Committee Pertaining to Projects Assigned ot the State of Utah
561947 Jul 4Index to Utah State Capitol Filing Cabinet
571947Upper Colorado River Basin Compact Commission Meeting Notes
581935-1947Precipitation and Run-off Data for the Colorado River
591914-1943Computation of Inflow to Great Salt Lake
5101945Computation of Tributary Drainage Areas
5111947Petition to Perpetuate Testimony
5121936-1954Well Drilling Permit Records
5131936-1954Well Drilling Permit Records
5141936-1954Well Drilling Permit Records
5151950Hatch Reservoir - Sevier River Hearings
5161931-1951Index from File No. 2, Drawer No. 3
5171928Memorandum Explanatory of the Provisions of Beaver Determination
5181951Rocky Ford-Kents Lake-Three Creeks Correspondence
5191951Mill Meadows Correspondence
5201941-1948Colorado River Gaging Station Correspondence
5211947-1950Beaver River - Yellow Mountain Damsite
5221924-1961The Bonneville Pumping Project
5231928Report on Bonneville Irrigation District by S.G. Margetts
5241941Job Plan for Erda Investigational Well
5251927-1928South Myton Bench Irrigation District
5261928U.S.A.C. Irrigation Data - Logan, Utah
5271946Paria River Extension of Records
5281917-1969Mapleton Irrigation District
5291927-1934Gooseberry Project
5301957Bureau of Reclamation Correspondence
5311927-1928Tooele Project
5321939-1940Provo Bay Harbor
5331936-1940Highland Bench Conservation District
5341928-1934Ouray Valley Project
5351925Lower White River
5361922-1923White River
5371928Price River Project
5381928-1930Paradise Park Project
5391931Moon Lake Project
5401934-1941Blue Bench Project
5411916Myton Canal and Irrigation Company
5421931Huntington River Project
5431920Dry Gulch Irrigation Project
5441923Castle Peak Irrigation Project
5451910Woodside Project
5461903-1934Strawberry Project
5471936Myton Drainage District
5481919-1961Bonneville Irrigation District
5491919-1961Bonneville Irrigation District
5501919-1961Bonneville Irrigation District
5511920-1922Davis County Irrigation District
5521920Proposed Nephi Irrigation District
611936-1941Beryl Pumping District Water Projects
621936-1941Beryl Pumping District Water Projects
631940-1955Colorado River Data
641940-1955Colorado River Data
651950-1952Columbia Basin Inter-Agency Committee
661950-1952Columbia Basin Inter-Agency Committee
671945Hydrologic Correlations
681947-1949Miscellaneous Water Project Files
691913-1948Transmountain Diversion Records
6101924-1928Cache Valley Water Projects
6111926-1933Hyrum Project
6121929-1930Magpie Project
6131926-1932Magpie Project
6141920-1941Springville Irrigation District
6151920-1941Springville Irrigation District
6161933-1938Weber-Box Elder Conservation District
6171933-1938Weber-Box Elder Conservation District
6181951Report to the Upper Colorado River Commission by the Committee on Rules and Regulations
6191948Colorado River Basin - Stream Depletions by Valley Inflow-Outflow Regulations
6201948Contributions by States of Runoff from North Slope of Uinta's
6211906-1946Utah Precipitation Records - Colorado River Basin
6221945Hydrologic Correlations
711930-1960Large Trainings and Charts
721930-1960Miscellaneous Later Computations, Listings, and Notations
731930-1960Miscellaneous Later Computations, Listings, and Notations
741930-1937Deer Creek Project - Publicity
751996 Apr 7Upper Colorado River Basin Compact Commission - Engineering Advisory Committee Minutes
761947 Jun 11Upper Colorado River Basin Compact Commission - Engineering Advisory Committee Minutes
771946 Aug 30-Aug 31Upper Colorado River Basin Compact Commission - Engineering Advisory Committee Minutes
781946 Sep 17-Sep 18Upper Colorado River Basin Compact Commission - Engineering Advisory Committee Minutes
791946 Oct 4-Oct 5Upper Colorado River Basin Compact Commission - Engineering Advisory Committee Minutes
7101946 Oct 25Upper Colorado River Basin Compact Commission - Engineering Advisory Committee Minutes
7111946 Nov 21Upper Colorado River Basin Compact Commission - Engineering Advisory Committee Minutes
7121947 Jan 3Upper Colorado River Basin Compact Commission - Engineering Advisory Committee Minutes
7131947 Feb 5Upper Colorado River Basin Compact Commission - Engineering Advisory Committee Minutes
7141947 Mar 7Upper Colorado River Basin Compact Commission - Engineering Advisory Committee Minutes
7151947-1950Columbia Basin Inter-Agency Committee Records
7161947-1950Columbia Basin Inter-Agency Committee Records
7171947-1950Columbia Basin Inter-Agency Committee Records
7181946-1947Compilation of Reports - USGS to State Engineer - Stream Measurements of Tributaries to Green and Colorado Rivers
7191925-1930Blanding Water Projects
7201949Columbia River Basin
7211949Columbia River Basin
7221949Columbia River Basin
7231918-1920Pahuant Irrigation District
7241937U.S. Department of the Interior - Fremont River Irrigation Maps
7251945-1960Road Creek Springs Interference Study
7261935Littlefield Project - Arizona and Nevada - Land Classification
7271960Garkane Power - Boulder Creek Hydroelectric Project Reports
7281956Kanab Creek - Flood Control
7291953U.S.G.S. Ground Water Survey
7301950-1952Water Resources Policy Commission
7311950-1952Water Resources Policy Commission
7321948Hydrologic Reconnaissance of the Green River in Utah and Colorado
7331946-1948U.S.G.S. Stream Measurements
7341948Runoff Measurements from North Slope of Uinta Mountains
7351920-1941U.S. Department of Commerce - Weather Bureau: Climatological Data
7361935-1939U.S. Department of Agriculture - Weather Bureau: Annual Meteorological Summary
7371934-1941U.S. Department of Commerce - Weather Bureau: Monthly Meteorological Summary
7381938 Apr 23Utah Water Storage Commission Meeting Minutes
7391938 Apr 25Utah Water Storage Commission Meeting Minutes
7401938 Apr 27Utah Water Storage Commission Meeting Minutes
7411938-1963Miscellaneous Publications
811935Post Route Map of Utah
821958Photogeologic Map of the Cockscomb Southeast Quadrangle - Kane County
831946Utah Water Resources and Development Map
841936U.S. Recreational Areas with Connecting Railways and Airways Map
851940Salt Lake County Land Classification (Soil Rating) Map
861940Salt Lake County Land Classification Map
871940Wyoming Irrigation by Drainage Basin
881935Bear River Hydrographic Survey Maps
891935Bear River Hydrographic Survey Maps
8101935Bear River Hydrographic Survey Maps
8111932-1933U.S. Forest Service - Dixie National Forest Map
8121925U.S. Forest Service - Fish Lake National Forest Map
8131946-1947Sectional Aeronautical Charts
8141938Irrigated and Arable Areas, Reservoirs, and Transmountain Diversions
8151935-1936Colorado River Maps
8161935-1936Colorado River Maps
8171935-1936Colorado River Maps
8181935-1936Colorado River Maps
8191935-1936Colorado River Maps
8201935-1936Colorado River Maps
8211935-1936Colorado River Maps
8221943-1948U.S.G.S. Proposed Zoning Ordinance
8231931U.S. Forest Service - Manti National Forest Map
8241931U.S. Forest Service - Minidoka National Forest Map
8251931U.S. Forest Service - Powell National Forest Map
8261931U.S. Forest Service - Uintah National Forest Map
8271931U.S. Forest Service - Lasal National Forest Map
911922-1940General Land Bank Correspondence
921922-1940General Land Bank Correspondence
931922-1940General Land Bank Correspondence
941922-1940General Land Bank Correspondence
1011935Water Project Reports by County
1111914-1916Uinta Basin Records
1121914-1916Uinta Basin Records
1131914-1916Uinta Basin Records
1141914-1916Uinta Basin Records - Hydrographic Survey Books
1151914-1916Uinta Basin Records - Gage Height Observation Books
1161914-1916Uinta Basin Records - Discharge Measurement Notes
1171914-1916Uinta Basin Records
1211947-1970Department of Natural Resources - Division of Water Resources: Achievements
1221940-1970National Parks, National Monuments, and National Forest Records
1231940-1970National Parks, National Monuments, and National Forest Records
1241950Water Supply Forecast for Utah and Western Colorado
1251950Utah Water and Power Board - Water for Utah Pamphlet
1261951Summary of Records of Surface Waters of the Great Basin in Utah
1271950Copy of John Wesley Powell's Report on the Lands of the Arid Region of the United States with a More Detailed Accounts of the Lands of Utah
1281950-1951Monthly Progress Reports
1291952-1953Monthly Progress Reports
12101944Establishment of Property Owners in Zion National Park
12111944Establishment of Property Owners in Zion National Park
1311903-1904Weber River Survey Hydrographic Report Rolls
1411903-1904Weber River Survey Records
1421903-1904Weber River Survey Records
1431903-1904Weber River Survey Records
1441903-1904Weber River Survey Records - Blue Prints of Weirs Installed for Weber River Survey Giving Cost, Location, and Design
1451903-1904Weber River Survey Records - Blue Prints of Weirs Installed for Weber River Survey Giving Cost, Location, and Design
1461903-1904Weber River Survey Records - Blue Prints of Weirs Installed for Weber River Survey Giving Cost, Location, and Design
1471903-1904Weber River Survey Records
1481903-1904Weber River Survey Records
1511930Weber River System - Description of Ditches
1521930Weber River System - Description of Ditches
1531930Weber River System - Description of Ditches
Fiche-setDescription
11903-1942