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<br />I <br /> <br />CHAPTER III - LAND <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Reservoir No. 15 is an existing agricultural irrigation storage <br />facility. This project will serve presently irrigated lands. <br /> <br />LAND CLASSIFICATION <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />The rehabilitation of this reservoir is to preserve the ability to <br />furnish water to presently irrigated land, therefore detailed Land <br />Classification is not required by the Colorado Water Conservation <br />Board. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />A review of " Soil Survey of ],arimer County Area, Colorado" as <br />published by The United States Department of Agriculture, Soil <br />Conservation Service and Forest Service in cooperation with <br />Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station was completed relative <br />to the irrigated lands within The North Poudre System below <br />Reservoir No. 15. The majority of soils were found to include <br />the following: <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />Name of Soil <br />Cushman fine sandy loam <br />Fort Collins loam <br />Garrett loam <br />Kim Loam <br />Nunn clay loam <br />Satanta loam <br />Stoneham loam <br />Table Mountain loalll <br />Weld silt loam <br />Wiley silt loam <br /> <br />Land CaRability Classification <br />III <br />II, I II, & IV <br />II <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I I, <br />II, <br />I I, <br /> <br />III, & IV <br />& III <br />& III <br />II I, & IV <br />I <br />II <br />& III <br /> <br />I, I I, <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I I , <br /> <br />Land Capability Classes <br />vat ion and Other Uses". <br />Reservoir No. 15 were II <br />irrigation include corn, <br />beans. <br /> <br />I through IV are "Lands Suited to Culti- <br />The predominate classes found below <br />and III. Crops which can be grown with <br />wheat, barley, sugar beets, alfalfa, and <br /> <br />6 <br />