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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levy within limits set by State laws to meet the District's revenue
requirements.

B.2.4.6 Upper Gunnison Private Ditch Systems

All irrigated lands above Crystal Reservoir are served by private
ditches and reservoi rs, wi th the exception of the Bostwi ck Park Project
lands. Information pertaining to the private ditch system and the acreage
served by private ditches was obtained from the State Engineers Office in
Denver, the Division Engineers Office in Montrose, Water Commissioners,
the USBR and the SCS. Minor discrepancies were contained in the data
obtained from the various sources. The data contained in the 1978 ditch
inventory carried out by the SCS is considered to be reliable and is
within 5% of the USBR's figures. The information presented below is
based mainly on the USBR inventory and is considered to be representative
of present conditions in the Upper Gunnison Basin. The USBR figures were
selected for use in this study because that data is more detailed with
respect to land classification. Descriptions of these private facilities
are grouped by water district, and further subdivided by stream. Water
District 28 includes Tomichi Creek, Quartz Creek, and Cochetopa Creek;
District 59 includes Ohio Creek, Slate River, East River and Taylor
River; and District 62 includes Big Blue Creek, Cebolla Creek, Cimarron
River, and Lake Fork of the Gunnison River.

The water districts and the ditches discussed below are shown on
Figure B.4.

Water District 28

The Tomichi Creek basin is situated in the southeastern extremity of
the Gunnison watershed. The major tributaries of Tomichi Creek are
Cochetopa and Quartz Creeks.

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