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<br />~ <br />L") <br /> <br />:- <br />C\J <br /> <br />Chapter I <br /> <br />Chapter II <br /> <br />Chapter III <br /> <br />CONTENTS <br /> <br />PRELIMINARY <br />SUBJECT TO REVISION <br /> <br />Project Lands <br /> <br />Page <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />6 <br />8 <br />8 <br />8 <br />8 <br />9 <br />9 <br />9 <br />10 <br />10 <br />11 <br />11 <br />11 <br />11 <br />12 <br />12 <br />12 <br />12 <br />13 <br />13 <br />13 <br />13 <br />14 <br />14 <br />16 <br />16 <br />16 <br />16 <br />16 <br />16 <br />16 <br />17 <br />17 <br /> <br />Introduction. . . . . . . . . <br />Purpose of land classification <br />Summary of land classification <br />Land characteristics <br />General description <br />Project area . . <br />Location. . . <br />Physiography. <br />Divide area. <br />Hunter Mesa area <br />East Battlement area <br />Physical geology. . <br />Soil formation. . . <br />Geologic formations <br />Basalt flows . . <br />Green River Formation. <br />Wasatch Formation. . <br />Mesa Verde Formation <br />Climate. . . . . . . <br />Effect on soils . . . <br />Effects on crops. . . <br />Effects on vegetative cover <br />Agricultural history . . <br />Development of irrigation farming <br />Irrigation methods . . . . <br />Crops produced and yields. <br />Development of dry farming. <br />Land classification survey. . . . <br />General description. . . . . . <br />Nature, date, and extent of survey. <br />Objectives. . . . . . <br />Factors considered. . <br />Segregations involved <br />Type of survey. . . . <br />Previous surveys and dates. <br />Methods. . . .. . . . <br />Base maps and equipment used in detailed <br />survey. . . . . . . <br />Divide and Hunter Mesa areas <br />East Battlement area . . . . <br />Methods of establishing delineations. <br />Detail of coverage.. ..... <br />Traverse of area . . . . . . . . . <br />Type and frequency of borings. . . <br />Type of physical and chemical analysis <br />of samples . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />Special field and laboratory studies . <br /> <br />17 <br />17 <br />18 <br />18 <br />22 <br />22 <br />22 <br /> <br />22 <br />23 <br />