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<br />,,'0017G7 <br /> <br />Hay 1970 <br /> <br />PROjICCT: <br /> <br />Silt <br /> <br />STATUS: <br /> <br />Operating project - construction completed in 1967 <br /> <br />LOCATION: <br /> <br />Garfield County north of Silt, Colorado <br /> <br />SPONSORING AGE~CY: Silt l,ater Conservancy District organized 10-7-57 <br /> <br />DESCRIPTION: <br /> <br />Rifle G~p Rcscr\O ir o~ Rifle Cre~k rcgulatec the flow of the strCGlr:l <br />SD storuge release can repl~cc natur~l flows used on downstre~m lands. <br />The replaced natural flous arc diverted' from East Rifle Creek into <br />the existing G..-ass Valley Ccnal fo" conveyance to project lands in <br />Dry Ell, Valley and on Harvey Hcsa. T"e Silt Pumping Plant pUlOpS <br />wa ter for the Colorado River to supplement the Rifle Creek supply during <br />periods of low fbl<. ,later from the reservoir is also released to the Davie <br />Ditch for irrigation of lands on Davie Mesa above Rifle. Recreation <br />and fish and wildlife facilities hove been constructed at Rifle Gap <br />Reservoir. <br /> <br />PROJECT PURPOSES: <br /> <br />Irrigation <br /> <br />Supplemental service land <br />Full s~rvice land <br />Total <br /> <br />4,479 acres <br />2,118 acres <br />6,597 acres <br /> <br />Recreation: Benefits of $16,000 annually projected based on <br />10.000 visitations--1969 recreation visitations totaled 30,045. <br /> <br />Fish and "ildlife: Visitations of 1,950 man-day projected cnnually-- <br />1969 fish and wildlife visitations totaled 14,917. <br /> <br />PROJECT FEATURES: <br /> <br />R<;scrv:Jir <br />Rifle Gap <br /> <br />Total <br />capacity <br />(ac.-ft.) <br />12,650 <br /> <br />C.n!121s <br />Silt Pu.'11p <br />Davie Ditch <br />Dry Elk Valley <br />La te:::a 1 <br /> <br />Length <br />(miles) <br />8.1 <br />6.0 <br /> <br />Capac ity <br />(CFS) <br />32 <br />18 <br /> <br />1.8 <br /> <br />20 <br /> <br />i <br />Silt Pu.~ping Plant--capaci~y 32 second-feet--lift 210 feet <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />24. <br />