WSP11214

• File Number: 8200.776
• Description: Uncompahgre River General
• State: CO
• Basin: Gunnison
• Water Division: 4
• Date: 1/1/1983
• Author: West Slope Hydro Par
• Title: Before the United States of America Federal Energy Regulatory Commission - Application for License for Major Project - Uncompahgre Valley Hydroelectric Project Number 2
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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About 2,260 farms ranging in size from less than an acre to

1,OJU acres are operated by owners.

This number is declfn-

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ing in keeping with a local and regional trend away from

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agricultural

enterprises.

Many

people employed

in

area

towns

reside

in semi-rural

areas on small
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and fruit.

acreages

which

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produce pasture, vegetables,

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In general,

the lower valley and mesa areas are in private

ownership while the surrounding higher elevation areas are

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public

lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management

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or the Forest Service.

In 1974, a land use survey was con-

ductec on 187,880 acres within the boundaries of the Uncom-

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pahgre Project area.

The lands were categorized into irri-

gated and nonirrigated acreages.

The irrigated area totals

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94,000 acres,

including 86,000 acres of farmland which re-

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ceive Uncompahgre
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nonproject water.

Project water and 8,000 acres receiving

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No mining occurs within the study area,

although uranium,

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vanadium,

and

coal are mined west of the area in Montrose

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County clOd

coal is mined northeast of the

area

in Delta

County.

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