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<br />~ <br />L'? <br />~ <br />""1 <br /> <br />Land Status <br /> <br />Table 2l.~ Land ownership, North Fork Subbasin, Gunnison River Basin <br /> <br />Class of oWnership <br /> <br />Acres <br /> <br />Percent <br /> <br />:Federal <br />'NS.tional forest 1/ <br />'NS.tional land riS.erve 1/ <br />~ <br /> <br />435,069 <br />103,114 <br /> <br />54 <br />13 <br /> <br />Private <br /> <br />264,023 <br /> <br />.21 <br />100 <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />l/Bureau of Reclamati~n withdrawal land included. <br />- <br /> <br />Water Supply <br /> <br />'I'b(!NorthFork subbasin is a complex water-supply area. Irrigation development <br />within the area has reflected the dive}:'sity both of water source areas and of <br />&Uitable irrigable lands. Climatic variations within the subbasin have been <br />important in determining the dominant cropping patterns and development of <br />~hedifferent irrigated areas. <br /> <br />Part of this subbasin has the most intensely developed water~supply systems <br />of the entire Gunnison River Basin. Approximately l~ lakes and reservoirs, <br />lar~ly on Grand Mesa, have been constructed or rehabilitated to store water <br />fOr late-season use. Some of the larger reservoirs and their storage capacity <br />are' li~ted below: <br /> <br />Reservoir <br /> <br />Source of ,Water <br /> <br />Capacity <br />Acre-feet <br /> <br />Fruitgrowers <br />Over land 1/ <br />Park <br />Leon Lake 2/ <br />Eggleston Lake <br />DeepwardLake <br />Island Lake <br />Barron Lake <br />Cedar Mesa <br /> <br />Surface & Currant Creeks <br />Cow Creek <br />Surface Creek <br />Leon Creek <br />Kiser Creek <br />Ward Creek <br />Ward Creek <br />Kiser Creek <br />Surface Creek <br /> <br />4,832 <br />4,600 <br />3,883 <br />2,504 <br />2,290 <br />1,610 <br />1,594 <br />860 <br />908 <br /> <br />1/ Storage capacity as restricted by state engineer. <br />]/ water diverted into Basin by tunnel. <br /> <br />The Fi'Uitgro'liers Dam ait<:l Reservoir was co.pp.trt.l(.terl in 19.38 as: a Bureau oJ; <br />JlaclUlation projec.t. The other reservoirs Were all pu;tlt as part of non- <br />Federal irrigation systems . <br /> <br />- 58 - <br />