5-30 CFS Dual Custom Design

Eliot Creek

In the fall of 2006, a rain on snow event caused massive debris flows down the flanks of Mount Hood.

One of the casualties of this event was the Eliot Creek diversion within the Middle Fork Irrigation District.

This diversion is an important component to Middle Fork’s water delivery system.

  • Location Parkdale, Oregon
  • Basin Hood
  • Owner Middle Fork Irrigation District
  • Partners Anderson Perry & Associates, Inc., Steve Short Excavation, Specialty Metal Fabrication, USFS, ODFW
  • Funding Middle Fork Irrigation
  • Installation Date June, 2007

Read more about the huge challenges MFID faces with flood events on Mt. Hood in this great article from the Watershed Hydrogeology Blog.

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Eliot Creek carries heavy loads of glacial sediment as it flows down the north slope of Oregon's Mt. Hood.

Steel I-Beam footers in place.

View to the site during assembly of the screen.

Exterior wall assembly.

Workers assembling the interior screen walls.

Screen structure nearly complete.

HDPE pipe attached to diverted water plenum.

Bypass chutes.

Upstream overview of the Eliot Creek dual Farmers Screen.

Overview of the Eliot Creek dual Farmers Screen.

Downstream view of the dual screen flumes.

Upstream view of the intake.

View to the head gate that controls the flow from Eliot Creek.

Upstream view of the screen structure, cleaning water spill.

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