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I I 'I I I I I I 'I I I I I I I I I I I Of the approximately 31,000 acres in the Trinchera Watershed, approxi- mately 45% of the land is irrigated farm land, 10% is idle, 35% is range land, 5% is woodland, and 5% is other uses including municipal, commercial, or industrial use. The water distributed through Mountain Home Reservoir supplies irrigation water to users to irrigate crop and pasture land, No municipal or v industrial users are supplied from Mountain Home Reservoir. Crops generaliy cultivated in the area are hay, barley, potatoes, oats, wheat, and vegetable crops, The average yield of these crops for 1990 , as taken from the report Colorado Agriculture Statistics published by the Colorado Department of Agriculture, 1991, is as foliows: 1.) 3.2 tons per acre for alfalfa 2.) 95 bushels per acre for barley 3.) 340 Cwt of potatoes per acre 4.) 83 bushels of wheat per acre 5.) 66.5 bushels of oats per acre 6.) 400 bushels of spinach per acre Table III-I shows the breakdown of crops, the number of acres of each type, the yields, and dollars of production for 1990 as derived from the Colorado Agricultural Statistics. 2. Future. Conversion of farm land to urban use has been relatively slow in the district. Due to the nature of the 10cal economy and the lack of a / close metropolitan area, we would not expect any iarge trend toward urbanization and thus no iarge loss in irrigated land is expected. D. Land Ownership. The ownership of land in the area served by The Trinchera Irrigation Company is primarily private farms, ranch land, and individual home sites, An exact break down of land ownership Is not known, but is expected to consist of less than one percent (l %) public iand owned by municipalities, the State, or Federal Government. PAGE llr-3 Olapter m - Ibmtain IkJDe Resernri.r