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<br />14 <br /> <br />oJ.'~ ,_, <br />t....t~J~~ <br /> <br />DESCRIPTION OF 1\REAS <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />WELD COUNTY SITE <br /> <br />Location <br /> <br />The propos,~d \"dd C0unty Darn '-lite is situated approximately 18-1/2 miles <br /> <br />e::.st and sO'.lth of Greeley, Colorado. Roggen, Colorado is approximately 8 miles <br /> <br />to the south. The fee taking for the reservoir extends westward to n point opposite <br /> <br />the Town of Kersey, Col'Jrado. l-::erscy lic:s approximately {; rnile5 east of <br /> <br />Greeley. T;1~ Good casement area e):tends westward approxinJatcly 2 additional <br /> <br />miles to a point approzimately 1/13 of :I mile ,,:1st of the confluence of the Cache <br /> <br />Le Poudre and South t'b_tte Rivers. <br /> <br />The propo,32d V.-elei County Dam site is "itu2.ted approxImately 24 airline <br /> <br />miles west ,-,r the proposed !'Ian-ow'] Dan: Elite. The distanc8 between the Weld <br /> <br />. County Dam site :lnd ,he westerly c,cten3ioll of the proposed Narrows Reservoir <br /> <br />(flood easement) is appr,nimately 10 miles. <br /> <br />The :'roposecI darn site liet; in Range <32 '''-cst, Townships 4 and 5 North, <br /> <br />Weld County. The proposed rcser'"oil', ulong U1e oed of the South Platte River, <br /> <br />extends from Hange G2\"est through Range 64 '''est ill TOWll:Jhips ,1 and 5 North. <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />The entire dam ttnei reservoir site lies ill Weld County. <br /> <br />The overs-ll kngtll of tll~ pr'Jp'Jsed taking in fee for the d2_m and reservoir <br /> <br />is approximately 13 airline miles. Indudin[; the flood easement the overall length <br /> <br />is approximately 15 miles. The mi'}:in,um widtr, of ,he ta]~ing (at a PQint approxi- <br /> <br />mately 1 mile westerly of the dam site) is approximately 7 miles. <br /> <br />Elevation <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Information obtained from the U. S. Geological Survey map indicates that <br />