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<br />00 <br />N <br />N <br /> <br />PROJECT LANDS <br /> <br />General Description <br />Project lands are north of the Colorado River between the towns of <br /> <br />New Castle and Rifle, Colorado. Three areas of relatively compact <br />irrigated farm land requiring supplemental water with scattered tracts <br />of new arable land will be served by the project. Land,i under the <br />~ <br />Harvey Gap Reservoir &Pe called Harvey Mesa lan~. The lanQ.l!l above <br />the reservoir in Elk Creek Valley ~ called Elk Creek lands and the <br />lands of Rifle Creek Valley under the Dav~ Ditch aPe called Dav~ <br /> <br />Ditch lanq,s'. <br /> <br />Land Classification <br /> <br />Project lands and lands of adjacent areas were mapped and classified <br /> <br /> <br />by the Bureau of Reclamation in 1936 as a part df the general land <br /> <br />study of the Cplorado River Basin. Irrigated and arable lanqs as <br />studied w&Pe defined as follows: <br /> <br />Irri~ated Land is all land regardless of quality which has been <br /> <br /> <br />irrigated even though the supply of water ma,y have been inadequate for <br /> <br /> <br />a large part of the time. Irrigated meadow or pasture land was so <br /> <br /> <br />designated in contrast to other irrigated land. <br /> <br /> <br />Arable Land is all undeveloped land under existing irrigation <br /> <br />systems or possible extensions of such systems capable of development <br /> <br />with irrigation as determined from inherent quality and physical <br /> <br />conditions which would affect cultivation. The classification study <br /> <br />dealt with the facts of a physical nature, no attempt being made to <br /> <br />evaluate the economic features of development. <br /> <br />'- <br />