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<br />COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD <br />823 State Centennial Building <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br /> <br />November, 1977 <br /> <br />STARKVILLE PROJECT <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />The town of Starkville is located in Las Animas County, about <br /> <br />2~ miles south of Trinidad along 1-25 near the foot of Raton Pass. <br /> <br />The town was incorporated in February, 1954. Starkville was pre- <br /> <br />dominantly a coal mining town when the coal mines were in operation. <br /> <br />Now, most of the inhabitants commute to Trinidad, where their jobs <br /> <br />are. It is expected that, with the renewed interest in coal mining, <br /> <br />the job situation of the town may change in the near future. <br /> <br />Most of the present water system of the town was donated to <br /> <br />them by the Santa Fe Railroad in 1955. The system consists pri- <br /> <br />marily of a 4-inch CIP collection system up Clear Creek Canyon to <br /> <br />the springs on the southwestern slope of Fishers Peak. Storage <br /> <br />donated was a l40,OOO-gallon tank in the center of town. Since <br /> <br />then, the town has built two additional storage tanks. one of <br /> <br />196,000 gallons at the Clear Creek-Raton Creek junction, and another <br /> <br />tank of about 200,000 gallons on Raton Creek about 3/4 mile upstream <br /> <br />from the town limits. In town, a 3-inch CIP loop distributes the <br /> <br />water to the citizens. Meters were used in the past, but most of <br /> <br />them are now inoperative, mainly because they were not maintained <br /> <br />2393 <br />