SUPPLEMENT TO HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES
You are invited by the City of Heppner to attend a public meeting concerning
Z Willow Creek project, which will be held in the Morrow County Court
house on Wednesday, January 5, 1972, at 7:30 P.M.
Engineer of the Walla Walla District, will be there with members of his
staff to discuss the project and current studies.
Below is a short description of the project as authorized by Congress,
and Lief plans and details are shown on the reverse side.
ATTTHORTZED PROJECT; Willow Creek project was authorized by the
Flood Control Act of 1965. The main feature of the project would be a
wn? Zl about 155 feet in height with an overall length of about
T 7k0 e The am" uld be located on Willow Creek directly upstream
frol Heppner and just downstream from the junction of Balm Fork and
J o ek. The lake would have a gross storage capaci y of 11,500
acre-feet: 1,300 acre-feet would be used for exclusive flood control,
7 900 acre-feet jointly used for flood control, irrigation, sports
fishing and wild life, and recreation; 300 acre-feet for water quality
control; 100 acre-feet for municipal and industrial water supply; and
u I 1 L nr 1 900 acre-feet for sedimentation, recreation, and fish
uv v At AZL ontroU.d elevation 2098 ,nea sea level, the lake
survival. At maximum arrP. The storage at minimum lake
:nvatioanVe2a042Um rsel2"-1 JoO ire-feet with a surface
arelof 76 acres. The lake length on the Willow Creek arm at maximum
and minimum elevations would be 1.45 and 0.62 miles, respectively. On
Balm ForkThe lake would extend 1.0 and 0.43 miles at maximum and
minimum elevations, respectively.
The Willow Creek channel would be improved to Provid V"1
capacUy of ?00 cubic feet per second through the City of Heppner for
a total distance of approximately 1-12 miles.