Spreading Facility Information
SANTA ANITA SPREADING GROUNDS
BASIN TYPE:
Shallow
No. OF BASINS:
12
SEASON FIRST USED:
1944-45
AREA
 
GROSS:
20 ACRES
WETTED:
8.0 ACRES
CAPACITIES
 
CHANNEL**:
12,000 cfs CFS
INTAKES:
20 cfs
STORAGE:
25 AF
PERCOLATION*:
5 CFS
LOCATION:
Westerly side of Santa Anita Wash,1.25 miles above Foothill Blvd.
SOURCE OF WATER:
Controlled flows from Santa Anita Dam and Santa Anita Debris Basin.
REMARKS:
Santa Anita Headworks located upstream of the debris basin diverts water to Santa Anita spreading grounds and City of Sierra Madre spreading grounds.
* The capacity listed is estimates of infiltration rates.
** Design capacity of main channel.

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