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. CHAPTER I GENERAL DISCUSSIONS Creek lands. The part of the vater that is used l"lest of Iron Creek is released into the creek above Gould Reservoir and flows thro~1 the res- ervoir to the Savage-Tracy ditch and other smaller ditches. The D,yer Fork ditch, O,lI1ed by an association of irrigators, diverts water to Iron Creek lands from Dyer Forl,. Dyer Fork ilitch, being higher in elevation than ' Cattlemens ditch, serves Upper Iron Creek lands and passes east of Gould Reservoir to also serve Lover Iron Creel, landS. Another major diversion from Crystal Creek is made by the Fruitland ditch of the Fruitland Irrigation Company. This ditch irrigates small areas of Upper Iron Creek and Upper Fruitland Mesa lands and supplies ;Tater to Gould Reservoir and the Gould Canal. The Gould Canal, also owned by the Fruitland Irrigation Company, distributes reservoir vater to irriGate lands on Lo.ler Fruitland Mesa and in Red Canyon. The Crystal Valley ditch diverting from Crystal Creek serves valley lands adjacent to that creek. It is o'med by one individual. The area presently irrigated under each ditch is shown belml. . Ditch and location of lands served Cattlemens ditch Upper Iron Creek Lower Iron Creel, Dyer Forl, ditch Upper Iron Creek Lower Iron Creek Fruitlana, ditch Upper Iron Creek Upper Fruitland Mesa Louer Frui tland ~lesa Red Canyon Crystal Valley ditch Axea served (acres) 100 1,620 500 70 150 60 and 3,800 630 Y6,930 Y Does not include 140 acres of lo.~r Iron Creek lands ;Thich uill be inundated by the Crawford Reservoir of the authorized Smith Fork project and 80 acres which are excluded from the Fruit- land Mesa :project area because they are fully irrigated from Muddy Creek, a trib- utary of Iron Creek. Domestic and stock water . During the nonirrigation season water is diverted continuously tlurough the Cattlemens ditch and intermittently through other ditches to provide stock water for farms of the area. Hater is occasionally released from 6