Lemon Reservoir Florida River, Colorado. Report on Reservoir Regulation for Flood Control

The unusually wet fall and winter has put an additional burden on the normal operation and maintenance of local Bureau of Reclamation built water storage projects. Vallecito and Lemon Dams and the inlet canal at Jackson Gulch Lake sustained some relatively minor damage, which in no case will interrupt water service. The high moisture content of the soil coupled with freezing action has caused damage to the spillway walls at Vallecito and Lemon Dams. in both instances moisture laden earth behind the concrete walls of the spillways has frozen and expanded thereby pushing sections of the walls in. Vallecito received damage at the stilling basin, the portion of the spillway Just before the waters enter the Pine River. Repairs will be completed this summer by the Pine River Irrigation District with engineering assistance by the Bureau. Normal water deliveries will be possible while the repairs are being made.