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. CHAPl'ER II COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Artesia Reservoir would have a total storage capacity of 29,000 acre-feet at normal water surface elevation of 5,871 feet. The reservoir would have an active capacity of 21.000 acre-feet and an inactive capacity of 8,000 acre-feet. At normal water surface elevation the reservoir would have a surface area of about 840 acres. At the inactive storage pool elevation of 5,836 feet the water surface area would cover about 350 acres. Artesia Dam would be a rolled earth-fill structure. It would have a maximum height of 100 feet and would be about 6,150 feet in length at the crest including long dike extensions at both ends of the dam. The outlet works, with a capacity of 370 second.feet and a total length of about 4,400 feet, would extend through the west side of the reservoir. Spillway works would not be required as the reservoir has essentially no tributary drainage area. Lands in the reservoir basin include about 800 acres in private ownership. Improvements in the basin include several buildings, about a mile of Colo- rado State Highway 67, and a short length of R.E.A. power line. Deadman Bench Canal . Deadman Bench Canal would extend about 154 miles southwest from Juni- per Dam. It would have an initial capacity of about 2,050 second-feet and a terminal capacity of 235 second-feet. The canal would include about 133 miles of earth section, 10 miles of tunnels, 7 miles of bench flumes, 3 miles of lined canal sections, and 1 mile of siphons. Through much of its length, the open canal would traverse rough sidehill terrain. Looking north at divide between Yampa and White Rivers and at Cross Mountain in background which would require tunnels for Deadman Bench Canal. Area shown is just west of Elk Springs, Colo. . 21