Provo Area Office

302 East 1860 South
Provo, Utah 84606-7317

Reclamation's Provo Area office is located 44 miles south of Salt Lake City, Utah on the southern end of the City of Provo. The Provo Area Office's boundary of responsibility includes the State of Utah, southwestern Wyoming, and small sections of Idaho and Nevada. Within these states, the Provo Area Office is responsible for 17 separate water projects that have authorized the construction of 27 major and 34 minor dams, approximately 419 miles of canals, 613 miles of laterals, 57 miles of tunnels, 132 miles of pipelines, six powerplants, and 14 pumping stations. As part of these projects the Provo Area Office also oversees 1,063,666 acres of acquired fee title, withdrawn, and easement lands.

These projects provide irrigation water to over 400,000 acres of crop land each year and provide culinary water to nearly 1,500,000 people. The projects also provide significant flood control and power generation benefits, 50 miles of "class 1" stream fisheries (75 percent of the total in the state of Utah), and over two million visitor days of recreation each year.

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Stories & Media

• News Release – November 9, 2023

  Reclamation announces Rick Baxter as manager for Provo Area Office

  PROVO, Utah – The Bureau of Reclamation’s Upper Colorado Basin Region has announced Rick Baxter as the new area manager for the Provo Area Office. In his new position, Baxter will oversee water projects throughout Utah, southwestern Wyoming and a very small portion of southeast Idaho.

  The Provo Area Office is responsible for 16 water projects that include 50 high hazard dams, 419 miles of canals, 613 miles of laterals, 57 miles of tunnels, 132 miles of pipelines, six powerplants, 14 pumping stations and 1,064,000 acres of acquired fee title, withdrawn, and easement lands.Read More 

• News Release – June 6, 2023

  Hyrum Reservoir filling for irrigation season Spillway is closed and no longer being monitored for safety

  SALT LAKE CITY – Reclamation today announced the closing of the spillway gates at Hyrum Reservoir, allowing the reservoir to fill for the irrigation season. With the spillway gates closed, the spillway no longer requires monitoring. Read More 

• News Release – May 2, 2023

  Reclamation continually monitoring Hyrum Dam spillway; ready to take action if needed

  SALT LAKE CITY – Because of record snowpack and projected record high runoff into Hyrum Reservoir, the Bureau of Reclamation is conducting around-the-clock monitoring of the spillway at Hyrum Dam, as operators are releasing a high volume of water through the spillway to help manage the reservoir's water level as warm temperatures have significantly increased snowmelt and runoff into the reservoir. Read More