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Loan Projects
Contract/PO #
C153354
Contractor Name
Paradox Valley Canal and Reservoir Company
Contract Type
Loan
Water District
61
County
Montrose
Bill Number
SB 81-439
Loan Projects - Doc Type
Feasibility Study
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<br />CHAPTER III <br /> <br />LAND CLASSIFICATION <br /> <br />General <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The irrigated land under the Paradox Valley Canal and Reservoir system have <br />not been classified in accordance with normal land classification methods. <br />However; a land capability classification is being conducted by the Soil <br />Conservation Service from their Montrose and Norwood, Colorado offices. A <br />preliminary release on the land capability classification has been made avail- <br />able for purposes of this Feasibility Study and the preliminary results will <br />be a part of this study. Of the 3,271 acres under the Paradox Valley Canal <br />and Reservoir system approximately 60% of the land has been classified as <br />Class II. <br /> <br />Land Capability Classification <br /> <br />The irrigated lands in the Paradox Valley have been separated in four capa- <br />bility classes. These capability classes are identified according to soil <br />type, the soil types are: Neville - Paradox fine sandy loam (Class II), Begay <br />loam fine sand (Class III), Cottonwood fine sandy loam and are identified as <br />Class VI lands, and Colombo silty clay loam (Class VI). The descriptions of <br />the soil and the nomenclature assigned to them are listed below. <br /> <br />Neville - Paradox Fine Sandy Loam The Neville - Paradox fine sandy loam <br />is level to nearly level, well drained soils on broad alluvial and valley <br />floors in the Northwest part of, the survey area. Annual precipitation is <br />about 11 inches and the mean annual air temperature is about 400 F. The <br />frost free season is from 110 to 135 days. Neville soil makes up about <br />45% of the mapping unit and 68.14% of the lands irrigated under the Paradox <br />Valley Canal and Reservoir system. Permability of the soils is moderate <br />to rapid and run-off is slow to medium. Hater holding capacity is mode- <br />rate to low. The soils have good potential for growing cultivated crops <br />under irrigation. Hind erosion is a moderate problem on bare soil in the <br />spring winds. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Begay Loam Fine Sand. Begay loam fine sand is a deep, well drained gently <br />slopping soil on slightly raised old terraces. This soil was formed in <br />wind reworked alluvium from sedimentary bedrock. Hater moves through this <br />soil at a rapid rate, and surface run-off is medium. Erosion hnzzard is <br />moderate. Grazing management will maintain and improve range condition. <br />Seeding is advisable, if the range is in poor condition. Begay loam fine <br />sand makes up 2.20% of the land under irrigation from the Paradox Valley <br />Canal and Reservoir system. <br /> <br />Cottonwood Fine Loamy sand - Gypsic Variant. Cottonwood fine loamy sand - <br />gypsic variant are soils primarily limited for cattle grazing. These soils <br />have very poor potential or suitability for dry crop land or irrigated <br />crop land due to excessive salts, especially gypsic. Cottonwood fine sandy <br /> <br />III-l <br />
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