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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />CHAPTER III <br /> <br />LAND USE <br /> <br />Figures 1, 2, and 3 depict the water system layout and on <br />Figure 1, the primary service area of Starkville is shown. There <br />are about 74 acres of land within the town limits. The water <br />usage is primarily inside the homes. During the housing count <br />in 1976 it was estimated that less than two (2) acres of garden <br />and lawns existed in the community. <br /> <br />The land use south of town consists of some small plot <br />farming in the Raton Creek alluvial. The Clear Creek watershed <br />is forested land used for cattle grazing. <br /> <br />The top soils are rich and fertile but extend generally less <br />than a foot in depth, except deeper soils in the creek bottoms. <br />The top soil is underlain with the Raton Formation, described as <br />a light-gray to buff sandstone, dark-gray silt-stone, shale, and <br />coal, conglomerate at the base. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />17 <br /> <br />~ <br />