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<br /> <br />75,000 acre-feet would be joint use capacity; i.e., used for flood <br /> <br /> <br />control during the flood season and for conservation storage the <br /> <br /> <br />remainder of the year. The reservoir would have a shoreline of <br /> <br />40 miles at the top of the joint use pool. Additional statistical <br />data on the reservoir are shown on the drawing "Area Capacity Data." <br /> <br />Relocations in the reservoir area would involve the main <br /> <br /> <br />Chicago-Denver line of the Union Pacific Railroad, State Highway 144, <br /> <br /> <br />a county road, power and telephone lines, oil and gas pipelines, and <br /> <br /> <br />a 30-grave cemetery. The small settlements of We Idona , Goodrich, <br /> <br />and Orchard within the reservoir area would be acquired and <br /> <br />abandoned. Rights-of-way cost estimates also include funds for <br /> <br />the acquisition and capping of producing oil and gas wells, to insure <br /> <br />the proper capping of abandoned wells, and for the acquisition and <br /> <br />disposition of pipelines that ~ould no longer be needed. <br /> <br />8 <br /> <br /> <br />Existing Jackson Lake is used to store irrigation water-- <br /> <br />principally for the Fort Morgan Irrigation District. It is planned <br />to acquire the lake and some additional surrounding lands for <br /> <br />recreation and fish and wildlife enhancement. The irrigation <br /> <br /> <br />storage historically provided by Jackson Lake would be transferred <br /> <br /> <br />to the Narrows Reservoir. Some rehabilitation of Jackson Lake Dam <br /> <br /> <br />would be required. Jackson Lake has a total capacity of about <br /> <br /> <br />35,400 acre-feet and a surface area of approximately 2,500 acres <br /> <br /> <br />when filled. <br />