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Horsethief Reservoir now under construction

Construction Firm:  Max Jantz Excavating, Montezuma, KS

Construction Engineering Firm:  URS Corporation, Overland Park & Denver, CO

Construction has stopped for the winter; compacted soil has been covered with loose soil for protection.

Site plan showing major components of the project

When installation of the 60" pipe was complete, it was filled with water and pressure-tested. 

60" principal spillway pipe enclosed in concrete

Construction on the inlet tower

Inlet tower progresses

Completed stilling basin

Inlet tower under construction mid-screen; completed stilling basin lower center; siphon pipes routing water over the dam.

Outlet channel emptying into Buckner Creek

Soil removed from the auxiliary spillway will provide more than 1.5 million cubic yards used in the dam.

An existing ravine was located too close to the downstream toe, so a new channel was excavated further from the toe, and the old one filled in.

Construction will resume in March, weather permitting