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1 ' PROJECT SERVICE AREA ' The service area of for the Lake Canal Reservoir Company includes approxunately 5,200 acres of irrigated farm land in Larimer and Weld Counties in Colorado. The approximate service area , boundaries are shown on the map in Figure 1. Gray Lake No. 3 which is the object of this study is located in Larimer Counry, Section 34, Township 8 North, Range 68 West. , 1 ' ' �l Crops grown in the service area include alfalfa hay, corn, a small amount of beets, and pasture grass. An approximate division of crops and planted acreage is as follows. Crop Type No. of Acres Alfalfa Hay 1800 Corn 2350 Pasture Grass 1000 Beets 50 5200 acres Average crop yields per acre in this area are: 3.5 tons of alfalfa hay, 150 bushels of corn, and 21 tons of beets. The soils in the service area consist of predominantly Table Mountain-Paoli-Caruso association ' and Otero-Nelson-Tassel Association. These soils are shallow to deep, nearly level, well drained to poorly drained, fine sandy loams formed in alluvium and/or weathered from sandstone and modified by wind. These soils include those in the Farnuf Series, the Loveland Series, the Nunn ' Series, the Paoli Series, the Satanta Series, the Satanta Variant, and the Table Mountain Series. These soils range from Fluvaquents that are nearly level soils on flood plains, low terraces, and bottom lands; to clay loams, sandy loams, and residual soils derived from sandstone. Most of ' the soils are suitable for irrigated pasture and hay with a high percentage of the soils suitable for irrigated crops such corn, beets, and barley . These soils generally are in the group B and C ' hydrologic class with soil permeabilities in the range of 0.6 to 2.0 inches per hour with some as high as 6.0 inches per hour; available water capacity is generally in the range of 0.12 to 0.18 inches per inch of soil; and water intake capacity from moderate to high. t ' ' ' The precipitation in the Fort Collins to Windsor area averages 14.6 inches, relative humidity is about 30 to 35 percent in summer and about 40 to 50 percent in winter. The length of the growing season in this area is approximately 145 days with the average for the last killing frost in the spring being June 4t and the first killing frost in the fall being October 1�`. LAND OWNERSHIP The land in the project service is primarily private farms, ranches, and some individual home sites. All of the land serviced by the Company is privately owned. ' Gray Lake-Feasibility Study i__1 Page 3