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McCracken Draw Watershed near Crook, Colorado
State
CO
Basin
South Platte
Water Division
1
Date
6/1/1961
Author
Logan County
Title
Feasibility Report of Proposed Watershed Program: McCracken Draw
Water Supply Pro - Doc Type
Feasibility Study
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w <br />l y-1' results of this 3tudy 1 re ci'.f_d .eJ. i,' tli dal:a o'.. f zon othe <br />- , ;a a ^ �S in t'rtn �i atC',. :�'Jt? dt� i ?rJa; d i. - ? t ' <br />�c S t cD _ �,J 1Cfi S ..hicl <br />.aro 1;el ev t0 !`* and t ': -1roj ^Ct - vo"? he ba.Yely f `c"Sibl <br />ix the b ene fits could be clolabled Thi would. only heca -, ,Ie Po sible 1 <br />the ia"a ers'led co'lld oJbtai "t a _u Supply of ii3wSa f i C - riga ti.ox and a s <br />3 result intensify the c ropping myst4m along vAth e :ztensive lard leveling <br />imd. irrigation eater mana(jo in the irri. ateC? crv3, <br />S GG.42S ED P: :OGPAM F 0_1? MPROVING <br />Vl TERSIi1's,D COP�ID1'`.L —It 15 a <br />At the prese=nt time the P °aetz and uc -droni Soil. Cons eT.rati cn Districts <br />are actively carrying out ill - this area a soil and ii_cist:are consexva <br />program with - techni.c+al assis"tanco fuxni >hied by 'ire Ftzil Consexva <br />Service, Lased treabr m3aoures t hat c eflective in i.mtershed protection <br />ha - ze been installed by individual landoTmers in many parts of tho uratershed, <br />`L e measuros include coasertration cropping 'Systems, pasture h�lantir9, <br />q dient and level terraocs, grassaad ilatertyaysr fam ponds, and proper <br />r_ ange use., <br />In addition to provi ding protection to the land an 'Which they <br />are installed, 'these lard treatment measuxes appeax to be very eff att:ive <br />in roducing flood •!a"ter, sedi and erosion damacies in the M- Miller <br />".:ribsztaries of the tsaters'aecl,. !'he inst allation of 'the irrigati siphon <br />at the crossing of the North Sterling OulUat Canal and McCracken Dratr <br />in l�U� has also cortril,u ed to the recir_c•l;ioi of alooduater d €.n:age in the <br />;; ;tershed area. <br />There is a definite need for additional. land tj7eatment mee,sures in <br />- Uhi.s - watershed, particularly - ;:hose - cl.aL rill be effective in roducing the <br />ratre' OR runoff arcl in Sto;:)p.t. "n i;,lly and. channel crosion.. 1 - n,st allatti-oxx <br />of stock ponds and uivoro�. at :,-e y sho"ad produce a. sic, aMoanti: <br />c of protectimi from 1 - ,of_aT , ,mtl e ' examlc: os zmd sE'C'siLC?'t'.: deposition <br />:Ct?FyLL1t.?Ilg rs.'.3C0. sn: ..le:c stoJii:a v ^ v..3. ti1e:' L.li. Y part. s } =FC <br />There to also a reed for sa-tie olunnn 1 imProVeyr.. -Mt along the matinstem <br />of McCracken Drag b_ k..>e n 'che c ossinc; of tho North Sterling C u.tlet Canal <br />aad the Junct or idth Duck are several pla.^eu ;.long this <br />L °Ih.. 11 ax-C." UL Of e- to ir.cz aso <br />Cti?paC;itiCfi Lfoctld Gtil'e 1Tteczi?Ci 1g CICQCZi; *c;� �Y G'r�k123gE'S <br />:lei J..l ;gut the largest .Mood fl.o;Is, I?oi;uver periodic of sand <br />s7U3 2.' '�o nec essary to xna-L. ..ain Luis type of charnel, <br />
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