SANTA FE SPREADING GROUNDS
BASIN TYPE:
Shallow
No. OF BASINS:
22
SEASON FIRST USED:
1953-54
AREA
GROSS:
338 ACRES
WETTED:
168.0 ACRES
CAPACITIES
CHANNEL**:
98,000 cfs CFS
INTAKES:
600 cfs
STORAGE:
540 AF
PERCOLATION*:
400 CFS
LOCATION:
Within Santa Fe Dam reservoir and spillway areas.
SOURCE OF WATER:
Controlled flows from San Gabriel Canyon Reservoirs. Uncontrolled flows from San Gabriel River below Morris Reservoirs; also imported water.
REMARKS:
New diversion headworks structure constructed, consisting of a new rubber dam and 2 intakes gates.
* The capacity listed is estimates of infiltration rates.
** Design capacity of main channel.