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<br />, <br />I <br />o jK~ 5 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />...' <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />May 1970 <br /> <br />PROJECT: Fruitgrowers <br /> <br />STATUS: Operating project <br /> <br />construction completed 1939 <br /> <br />LOCATION: Delta County near Austin, Colorado <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />SPONSORl~G AGE~'CY: Orchard City Irrigation District <br /> <br />DESCRIPTION: '. <br /> <br />Fruitgro....ers Damand Reservoir was construcced on Alfalfa Run Creek <br />3 miles north of Austin, Colorado. The reservoir is filled from <br />natural flows of Alfalfa Run Creek supplemented by diversion from <br />Dry and Surf Dee Creek. Water from Surface Creek is carried through <br />the privately owned Alfalfa Ditch. Storage releases are delivered <br />to the project lands througb a privately owned system of canals and <br />laterals. The reservoir is used for fishing. huntingJ boating, water <br />skiing. and picnicking. <br /> <br />PROJECT PURPO:)ES: <br /> <br />Irrir,ation - Supplemental servLcc land <br /> <br />2,662 acres <br /> <br />Recreation: General recreation visits amounted to 2,625 during 1969 <br />, <br /> <br />Fish and ",Udlife: <br /> <br />During 1969 about 1.980 people fished 31d'hunted at the reserwir. <br /> <br />PROJECT FEAtURES: <br /> <br />Total <br />capacity <br />Reservoir (ac.-ft.) <br />Fruitgrowers 4,600 <br /> <br />Canal <br />Dry Creek <br /> <br />Ditch <br /> <br />Length <br />(miles) <br />_ 3.0 _ <br /> <br />Capacity <br />(cfs) <br />__100 <br /> <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />21 <br /> <br />.,,;. <br /> <br />.,.- -w <br />