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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I PART B 2.CHAPTER L. QENERAL INFORMATION a. Project map shows the location of the two reservoirs, the two filler ditches, and the general area served by the Bauer Lakes Water Company. Many of the shareholders, especially in the lower portion of the project area, have part or most of their irrigation water provided from other sourc.es, i.e., Jackson Gulch Reservoir, direct Mancos River diversions, waste-water filings, etc. b. Location. Bauer Reservoir No. 1 lies about five miles North of Mancos, Colorado. Mancos is nestled against the western toe of the La Plata mountains, 29 miles west of Durango and 16 miles east of Cortez. The project is at elevation 7660, msl, and is accesible by Colo 184, Montezuma County Road 40 and by private road for the last 1/4 mile. c. Climate. (1) The Mancos area enjoys a 110 day frost free growing season, with a 2 to 3 week warm spell 2fter the first killing frost in the fall. The average January temperature is 25.6 degrees and the July average is 66.2 degrees, F. The bulk of the 18.4 inches of annuual precipitation comes as winter snow, with only 6.4 inches falling during the frost free period, June-September. By months, during the gro'....ing season, the precipitation is: June July August September 0.88" 1.89" 2.06" 1.61" (2) The entire Mancos Valley enjoys moderate weather, with little winds exceeding 15 mph. The hail that rarely falls is more like sleet than hail, rarely exceeding 1/4 inch in diameter. There is generally a fairly severe windstorm in the latter part of March, with the Southwest winds dusting up the snowpack for a day or two with red dust from Monument Valley. 3.Chapter IlL The Water Company a. History of the Organization. The Bauer Lakes Water Company was originally founded in 1902 as the Bauer Lakes Reservoir Company. On March 12, 1924 a Certificate of Incorporation was filed with the Colorado Secretary of State, forming the non-profit Bauer Lakes Water Company for the purpose of acquiring all of the assets of the Reservoir Company, and delivering irrigation and domestic water to it's shareholders. The Bauer No. 1 Reservoir was originally named the Rush Reservoir, and it's fiU.er ditch, diverting \1ater from Lost Creek (now named Crystal Creek), was named Rush Reservoir Ditch. Since 1924 it has been named the Bauer No.1 1