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<br />steeply in Delta County. Eleven-month averages for 1992 indicate <br />unemployment leveling off in both counties in 1992. Population has <br />not changed appreciably because no new domestic water taps are <br />available outside the limits of the Town of paonia, Colorado. <br /> <br />LAND USE <br /> <br />The Beaver Reservoir irrigation system irrigates approximately <br />3,400 acres of farmland. Crops grown on lands served by the Beaver <br />Reservoir irrigation system include wheat, corn for grain and <br />silage, barley, oats, dry beans, hay and alfalfa. Fruit crops <br />include apples, peaches, pears and tart cherries. No data is <br />available on the actual percentages of the various irrigated crops <br />in the service area; however, a rough breakdown of the various <br />crops for Delta County was estimated from Colorado Agricultural <br />Statistics, 1992, published by the Colorado Department of <br />Agriculture. Table 4 -4 presents the different irrigated crops <br />grown in lands services by the Beaver Reservoir irrigation system. <br />The estimated acres of each crop, the 1991 yields per acres, and <br />crop revenues are shown. A summary of the yields of the various <br />irrigated crops since 1985 is presented in Table 4-5. We do not <br />believe current information to be appreciably different than that <br />earlier documented. <br /> <br />The anticipated net acreage of irrigated crop usage in the <br />service area is expected to remain the same or very near the same <br />as the present acreage. Even if some agricultural land is changed <br />to municipal or residential use, the associated water usage <br />assessments will remain with those particular land packages; <br />therefore, a net increase or decrease in use is not anticipated. <br /> <br />Page 9 of 15 <br />