FLOOD04607

• County: Gunnison
• Community: Upper Gunnison
• Basin: Gunnison
• Title: Final Report Appendices Upper Gunnison-Uncompahgre Basin Phase I Feasibility Study
• Date: 5/1/1989
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Project

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Water District 68

Water District 68 is contiguous with Ouray County. It comprises the
upper half of the Uncompahgre watershed and contains 23,000 irrigated
acres served by 175 ditches. Most of this acreage is in the vicinity of
Ridgway, where the Uncompahgre River, Dallas Creek, and Cow Creek
converge.

UncomDahare River Ditches. On the mainstream of the Uncompahgre
River above Co10na and on its minor tributaries there are more than
90 ditches serving about 8000 acres of land. Among the larger
ditches and their approximate capacities are McDonald Ditch (30
cfs), Moody #1 Ditch (30 cfs), Park Ditch (20 cfs) and Pinion Ditch
(20 cfs).

Dallas Creek Ditches. Nearly 8000 acres are irrigated in the Dallas
Creek watershed. Some of the larger of the 35 Dallas Creek ditches
are the Dallas Ditch (40 cfs capacity), Hyde Sneva Ditch (20 cfs),
the Doc Wade Ditch (20 cfs), and the Hosner Rowell Ditch (25 cfs).

Cow Creek Ditches. The Alkali Ditch '1, Alkali Ditch '2, and Sneva
Ditch are the 1 argest of the 45 Cow Creek ditches. The total
irrigated acreage on Cow Creek is 3300.

Water District 41

The lower Uncompahgre River basin is in District 41, which is the
most heavily populated of the districts in the study area, although it is
among the smallest. In additi on to the 1 arge canal and lateral systems
of the Uncompahgre Project, District 41 contains 79 private ditches
serving 14,000 acres of irrigated land. Some of the larger of these
ditches are the Ouray Ditch (22 cfs) south of Montrose, the Eagle Ditch
(30 cfs) southeast of Olathe, and the Boles and Manney (20 cfs) and the
Chipeta Beaudry Ditches (20 cfs) south of Delta.

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