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<br />PLANNING AREA <br /> <br />Location and Size <br /> <br />The Hayden Diversion Watershed is located in West Central Routt County in <br />Northwestern Colorado (See Map). The watershed consists of 5,142 acres. The area <br />parallels the Yampa River from 5 miles east of Hayden to'a mile west of Hayden and <br />average about 1 Y2 miles wide. Hayden (population 1,720) is 25 miles west of <br />Steamboat Springs, Colorado. <br /> <br />There are presently 5 ditch companies that irrigate the 4,121 acres in the watershed. <br />All irrigated water is diverted from the Yampa River. The present diversions are dozed <br />up 1 or 2 times annually for each of the ditches from the river bottom. The 5 ditches <br />have a decreed flow of: <br /> <br />Ditch <br /> <br />CFS <br /> <br />19.19 <br />19.43 <br />43.50 <br />53.52 <br />80.00 <br />?. , 5'. , It <br /> <br />Acres <br /> <br />Marshall Roberts <br />Williams <br />Walker <br />Shelton <br />Gibraltar <br /> <br />1,r,Pt <br />8 fJ. ~o, <br />- <br /> <br />637 <br />449 <br />976 <br />1,058 <br />1,001 <br />4,121 <br /> <br />Topography <br /> <br />The lowest elevation (6,300 ft.) in the watershed is just west of Hayden at the end of the <br />irrigated area. The watershed is gently sloping and nearly all the irrigated land parallels <br />the Yampa River. The highest elevation in the watershed is at the eastern edge of the <br />watershed along the Yampa River and has an elevation of 6,400 feet. <br /> <br />Land Cover/Use <br /> <br />The land cover in the watershed is estimated in Table A: <br /> <br />Table A - land Cover <br /> <br />Land Cover <br /> <br />% <br /> <br />Acres <br /> <br />Cropland, irrigated (Pasture & Hayland) <br />Other (roads/towns/canals) <br /> <br />Total <br /> <br />80.2 <br />19.8 <br /> <br />100 <br /> <br />4,121 <br />1,021 <br />5,142 <br /> <br />Subdivisions pressure is occurring on private land in most of the county. It is <br />anticipated that there may be more pressure in the future for subdivisions to occur on <br /> <br />Hayden 6 <br />