GC1N56R The Best Little Cache by a Dam Site (Traditional Cache) in New Mexico, United States created by RW45

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GC1N56R ▼

A cache by RW45 Message this owner

Hidden : 2/27/2009

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Size: Size: regular (regular)

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The cache is located on the southside of Ute Lake State Park off 552

The cache is a large ammo can. Some hiking and climbing required. North of the cache is a waterfall.

Ute Lake State Park was established in 1964 at a cost of approximately $5 million. The original dam was built in 1963 without any Federal funds by the New Mexico Interstate Streams Commission to store water for use in New Mexico. In 1983-84, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation increased the capacity of Ute Lake by raising the dam and building the largest Labyrinth Weir Spillway in the United States, north of the dam. This 14-cycle spillway increased the height of the lake by 27 ft without using expensive flood gates on the the existing Ogee Weir Spillway. Today, the lake has a reservoir capacity of 272,000 acre-ft of water and sediment. It was the first dam in the United States to use soil-cement protection on the slopes of the dam instead of riprap. Ute Lake State Park occupies 1,480 acres of land and 4,078 acres of water (surface).

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The Best Little Cache by a Dam Site Traditional Cache

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