LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION:
Located about 20 miles NW of Gila Bend, AZ, and 120 miles SW of Phoenix, AZ. Project elements being operated and maintained: Dam (earth fill; 181-feet high: 4,780-feet long); Saddle Dike Outlet Works (circular conduit); Spillway (detached); Pilot Channel Reservoir (2,491,493-acre-foot cap spillway crest – 1977); and One recreation area (downstream at borrow pit area). This recreation area is closed by the State of Arizona due to contaminated water.