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<br />~. <br /> <br />. <br />',- <br /> <br />OJDl,J3 <br /> <br />l'..y 1970 <br /> <br />PROJECT: Smith Fork <br /> <br />STATUS: Operating project - construction ~ompleted in 1963 <br />LOC~TION: Delta County surrou~ding Crawf~rd, Colorado <br /> <br />SPONSORING AGENGY: <br /> <br />Crawford Water Conservancy District organized 5-31.57 <br /> <br />DESGRIPTION: <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />1. <br /> <br />Crawford Reservoir on Iron Creek stores surplus flows of Iron Creek <br />and surplus flows of Smith Fork of the Gunnison River. The Smith <br />Fork flows are delivered to the reservoir by the Smith Fork Feeder <br />Canal. Reservoir releases are Q3de to the Aspen Canal and Iron Creek <br />for conveyance to project lands. Storage releases replace lower Smith <br />direct flow diversion and make these direct fl. ows available upstream <br />by exchange. Recreation and fish and wildlife facilities have been <br />constructed at Crawford Rcservrir. <br /> <br />PROJECT PURPOSES: I <br /> <br />Irri~ation - Supplemental $ervice land <br />Full service iand <br />I <br /> <br />Fork <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />6,920 <br />1,320 <br />8:,240 <br /> <br />acres <br />acres <br />acres <br /> <br />Recreation: Benefits of $16,000 annually were projected..1969 <br />visitations totaled 61.464. <br />I <br />Fish and wildlife: Benefits of $6.000 annually were projected-- <br />1969 fish and wildlife visitations totaled <br />37.165. <br /> <br />PROJEGT FEATURES: <br /> <br />Reservoirs <br />Crawford <br /> <br />Total <br />\ capacity <br />(ac.-fc.) <br />, 13,650 <br /> <br />Canals <br />Aspen <br />Sm1ch Fork <br /> <br />Length <br />(miles) <br />6.6 <br />2.7 <br /> <br />Capacity <br />(CFS) <br />125 <br />60 <br /> <br />('; <br /> <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />, <br />, <br />I <br />I <br />, <br /> <br />-;~~:, <br /> <br />,C,...IL3"';::~ ;; <br /> <br />. . <br /> <br />.. , <br /> <br />. <br />.-.1<,_._, <br /> <br />J <br /> <br />--~. <br /> <br />25 <br /> <br />- ._n,_ <br /> <br />------------------------ <br /> <br />._-~--~-~_._-- ..~--_."'--~._._._-,-- <br />