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<br />302~:; <br /> <br />Table 3.7 Preliminary Estimate of Fort Lyon Canal Transferrable Yield <br /> <br />Total Headgate Diversions <br />Fort Lyon Canal <br />Fort Lyon Storage Canal' <br />Queen Reservoir <br /> <br />190,991 a.f. <br />31,622 a.f. <br />1.590 a.f. <br />224,203 a.f. <br /> <br />Less Returns to River <br /> <br />-60.088 a.f. <br /> <br />Preliminary Estimate of Stream Depletion <br />Less: <br />Depletions assumed non-transferrable <br />Canal losses <br />Lateral losses <br />Depletions resulting from Frying Pan-Arkansas waters <br /> <br />164,115 a.f. <br /> <br />-35,115 aJ. <br />-8,256 aJ. <br />-1.284 a.f. <br /> <br />Preliminary Estimate of Fort Lyon Canal <br />Transferrable Yield <br /> <br />Estimate of Transferrable Yield/Share <br />(based on 93,989 shares) <br /> <br />119.460 a.f. <br /> <br />1.27 a.f./share <br /> <br /> <br />3.8 Irril!ated Soils <br /> <br />Soils under the Fort Lyon system are predominately deep soils, consisting of moderately fine textured <br />clay loams and silty clay loams. Soil Survey reports for Otero, Bent, and Prowers counties show that <br />these kinds of soils occur on about 95 percent of the lands currently being farmed and irrigated (U.S. <br />Soil Conservation Service 1966, 1971, 1972). The most common soil series are Rocky Ford, Numa, <br />and Nepesta. Over the years since irrigation water was first applied, the soils have been changed by <br />the addition of clay and silt particles deposited by muddy irrigation water. Some soils have become <br />wet or saline due to seepage from the canal and ditches and from excessive application of irrigation <br />water. <br /> <br />3-12 <br />