Spreading Facility Information
IRWINDALE / MANNING PIT SPREADING BASINS
BASIN TYPE:
Deep
No. OF BASINS:
2
SEASON FIRST USED:
1958-59
AREA
 
GROSS:
62 ACRES
WETTED:
30.0 ACRES
CAPACITIES
 
CHANNEL**:
25,500 cfs CFS
INTAKES:
400 cfs
STORAGE:
587 AF
PERCOLATION*:
60 CFS
LOCATION:
Northeasterly of intersection of Big Dalton Channel and Irwindale Ave; continues 1,300 feet east of Irwindale Ave.
SOURCE OF WATER:
Controlled flows from Big and Little Dalton Debris Dams and Puddingstone Diversion Dam via Big Dalton Channel; uncontrolled flows; also imported releases.
REMARKS:
Irwindale Spreading Basin cleaned out in summer of 1996.
* The capacity listed is estimates of infiltration rates.
** Design capacity of main channel.

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