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<br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />0828 <br /> <br />..1.... <br /> <br />are topographically adapted to irrigation. The valley of the Ylhite <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />River through this particular section is rel~,tively narrow, seldom <br /> <br /> <br />exceeding two miies in width vdth very steep, often precipitous slopes <br /> <br />~. <br /> <br />on either side. <br /> <br />The Lower White P~ver Basin is an isolated area. The nearest <br /> <br />railroad, the Denver and Rio Grande Y{estern, is located in the <br />. . <br /> <br />Colorado River Valley, 90 miles south of the area. state Highway <br /> <br />No. 64, a third class road, follows down the river from Meeker, <br /> <br />population 1,399, to Rangely, Colorado, p~pulation 55, where it <br /> <br /> <br />swings away from" the river and heads northwest to join U. S. Highway <br /> <br />No. 40 near the utah-Colorado State line in Utah. state Highway <br /> <br /> <br />No. 159, a third class road, follows up Douglas Crook, south from <br /> <br />Rail gely, cr~llsing Douglns Pass to connect with U. S. Highvfay No. 50 <br /> <br /> <br />in the Colorado River Valley at Loma, Colorado. <br /> <br /> <br />Rangely, a small inlanQ to\VO located in ,the western part of <br /> <br />the area, has telephone service but other public utilities are not <br /> <br />available. High-school and grade-school facilities are located at <br /> <br />Rnngely. <br /> <br />,Clirnnti~ Conditions <br /> <br />Climatic conditions of this urea are similar to those of <br /> <br /> <br />~he high altitude, inter-mountainous areas of western Colorado. <br /> <br />Summers are short, with hot days and cool nights. The average unr.ual <br /> <br />temperature is relatively lacf. Precipitation is highly variable in <br /> <br />