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 As part of these projects the Provo Area Office also oversees 1,063,666 acres of acquired fee title, withdrawn, and easement lands.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 – March 21, 2025

  Reclamation awards $115.9 million construction contract for replacement of Hyrum Dam spillway

  SALT LAKE CITY — The Bureau of Reclamation today announced the award of a $115,900,000 contract to AMES Federal Contracting Group of Burnsville, Minnesota, for the construction of a new spillway at Hyrum Dam. Hyrum Dam was built on the Little Bear River in northern Utah in 1935 and impounds Hyrum Reservoir, which provides water storage for irrigation and municipal use. Read More 

• News Release – March 19, 2025

  
  Reclamation transfers ownership of Strawberry Valley Project Power Transmission System

  SALT LAKE CITY — During a signing ceremony, the Bureau of Reclamation transferred ownership of 35.5 miles of the Strawberry Valley Project 46-kilovolt power transmission system to Southern Utah Valley Power Systems. SUVPS is a non-profit political subdivision, organized under the laws of the state of Utah and comprised of members from Payson City Power, Salem City Power, Spanish Fork City Power, Springville City Power, and the South Utah Valley Electric Service District. Read More 

• 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