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<br /> <br />. <br /> <br />CRAnER II <br /> <br />COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br /> <br />drainage distress under irrigation. The drainage deficiencies will result <br />from the occurrence, either singly or in various combinations, of five <br />adverse characteristics. These characteristics are shallow soils, imperme- <br />able substrata, undulating topography, sodic soils, and low topographic <br />position. Detailed studies will be required to determine the degree to <br />which the drainage deficiencies could be corrected. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />"~+::r7,<'" <br /> <br />''':~'"~''~'':P~ <br /> <br />., <br /> <br />Looking south at project lands from a point on U.S. Highway <br />40 about 4 miles northwest of Artesia, Colo. <br /> <br />Land classifi cation <br /> <br />Lands in the project area were classified in reconnaissance scope by <br />the Bureau of Reclamation in 1934 in connection with a basin-wide inven- <br />tory of lands in the Upper Colorado River Basin. Under this survey, the <br />lands were delineated into arable classes 1 and 2 and nonarable class 6. <br />Later modifications were made to include an estimate of the acreage of <br />class 3 land that might be delineated within the arable lands in future <br />surveys. The following summary lists by land classes and States the esti- <br />mated acreages of full service lands used in the present appraisals of the <br />comprehensive plan. It should be recognized, however, that the total <br />acreages suitable for irrigation development will be significantly decreased <br />with a detailed land classification and drainage study. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Irrigable <br />Land class <br />Clas s 1 <br />Class 2 <br />Class 3 <br />Total <br /> <br />acreage -- Juniper project <br />Colorado Utah Total <br />3,000 7,000 10,000 <br />18,000 37,000 55,000 <br />11,000 24,000 35,000 <br />32,000 68,000 100,000 <br /> <br />27 <br /> <br />