Water: more precious than gold

Did you know that there are four different water recharge gravel pits just north of Mountain Home? The Canyon Creek Recharge Facilities owned by Bureau of Land Management, Idaho Transportation Department, J.R. Simplot, and Ireland.

These gravel pits each have their own headgate system and measurement weirs that can follow and collect data as water runs through each one. According to the county resource page, Canyon Creek flows onto the Mountain Home Plateau from the Danskin Mountains, north and northwest of Mountain Home, where all flows are typically diverted by the Mountain Home Irrigation District for filling Mountain Home Reservoir and for direct irrigation use.

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