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<br />No sites are reported as detennined eligible to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP); <br />however, the sites in the project inventories are so minimally recorded that many sites require <br />14'1 (fdditional data recovery to assess NRHP eligibility. <br /> <br />Unrecorded Irrigation Ditches: At least two unrecorded irrigation ditches intersect the study area. <br />The Arkansas Valley Conduit, associated with Colorado Fuel & Iron, is considered the more <br />significant of the two. <br /> <br />Turquoise Lake <br /> <br />Cultural Resource Inventory Projects: The project areas of seven cultural resource inventories <br />intersect or are within the Turquoise Lake study area. In addition, two projects are adjacent to <br />this project area. The inventories are varied and include trails, transmission lines and a private <br />road. No sites or structures within the project area were detennined eligible to the National <br />Register of Historic Places. <br /> <br />A tenth project, the original survey of the Turquoise Lake/Sugarloaf Reservoir, was conducted <br />within the Turquoise Lake study area. Nine Aarchaeological@ [prehistoric] sites were recorded. <br />Since no map was provided within this reservoir area, it is impossible to specifically identify the <br />surveyed areas. However, all nine recorded prehistoric sites listed by OAHP were recorded <br />during this inventory. <br /> <br />Officially Recorded Sites: Twelve officially recorded sites exist within the study area. These <br />consist of three historic and nine prehistoric sites. The historic sites include the Colorado <br />Midland Railroad grade and associated features, and two areas identified as hearths with ash and <br />charcoal and recorded as isolated features. We believe these features may be charcoal pits. <br />Prehistoric sites consist of three camp sites with hearths or hearth-like features including a camp <br />dated to the Early Ceramic Period with possible Ute affiliation, four camp sites without hearths <br />but with ground stone artifacts suggesting camping activities, and two open lithic scatters. With <br />the exception of the two historic isolated features, all ofthe sites have been minimally recorded. <br />All prehistoric sites are currently under water. <br /> <br />Unrecorded Irrigation Ditches: It is not known whether unrecorded ditches exist in the Turquoise <br />Lake study area. Information about ditches was unavailable as the Leadville area office of the <br />Water Resources Division was closed for the season at the time research was conducted. <br /> <br />Lake Meredith <br /> <br />Cultural Resource Inventory Projects: The project areas of three cultural resource inventories are <br />near the Lake Meredith study area. No inventories have been conducted within the study area <br />itself. <br /> <br />Officially Recorded Sites: There are no officially recorded sites in the study area. <br /> <br />Unrecorded Irrigation Ditches: There are no formal irrigation ditches in the study area. Water <br />diversion takes place by means of a natural creek bed and the reservoir inlet and outlet. The main <br /> <br /><<ID <br /> <br />5 <br /> <br />Cullurallssues <br /> <br />~ <br />