Currant Creek Dam | |
Country: | United States |
Status: | Operational |
Construction Began: | 1974 |
Opening: | 1975 |
Builder: | United States Bureau of Reclamation |
Designed By: | United States Bureau of Reclamation |
Currant Creek Dam (National ID # UT10149) is a dam in Wasatch County, Utah.
The earthen dam was constructed in 1974–1975 by the United States Bureau of Reclamation to a height of and a length of at its crest.[1] It impounds Currant Creek for flood control and irrigation, part of the Bonneville Unit of the larger Central Utah Project. The dam is owned by the Bureau and is operated by the local Central Utah Water Conservancy District.
The reservoir it creates, Currant Creek Reservoir, has a water surface of 300acres and a capacity of .[2] The reservoir shoreline is 85% owned by the Uinta National Forest. Recreation includes fishing (for rainbow, cutthroat, and brook trout, etc.), boating, camping, and hiking.