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<br />SECTION IV <br /> <br />STARKVILLE WATER PROJECT <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION: <br /> <br />The Town of Starkville is located in Southern Colorado about <br />2-1/2 miles south of Trinidad along 1-25 near the foot of Raton <br />Pass. The Town was incorporated in February 1954. It was pre- <br />dominantly a coal mining town but now is a support living community <br />to Trinidad. This trend will continue until such time as coal <br />mining becomes more active in the area. <br /> <br />The town's water system was donated to them by the Santa Fe <br />Railroad in 1955. The system consists of 4" C.I.P. collection <br />system up Clear Creek Canyon to the springs on the S.W. slope of <br />Fishers Peak. The storage donated was a 140,000 gallon tank in <br />the center of town. Since then, the town has built two storage <br />tanks, one of 196,000 gallons at the Clear Creek - Raton Creek <br />junction, and another tank of about 200,000 gallons on Raton Creek <br />about 3/4 miles upstream from the town limits. In town, a 3" <br />C.I.P. loop distributes the water to the citizens. At one time, <br />water meters were used and in good repair. However, most of the <br />meters are now inoperative. One well was drilled by the town at <br />the upper storage tank, but this well produces only about 6 gpm. <br /> <br />1 <br />