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<br />Estimated by Eng.
<br />Comm.
<br />Consumptive Use
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<br />25.44 inches
<br />Z 1. n inches
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<br />Uncompahgre
<br />Acreage of Crops
<br />
<br />St. Vrain
<br />
<br />Acreage of Creps
<br />
<br />23,496 S"f7, 7';
<br />3,187 &1, ]. 2--1-- .
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<br />1.76,496 12. 84 inches 34,165 4 J&', C;,1t
<br />12';[ ,,"', 1 7. 28 inches 10,621 18 '$, .s:! I
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<br />(.2, faz 1 7. za inches
<br />,n, 3Rt 17.23 inches 9,740 /67; $z.<'.-?
<br />19, 731 17.52 inches 597 _.ilJ_f.J..t
<br />I, 571/$f'1: 19.09: 23.01 in. average 81, 806 I,';ib;~ "if! :
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<br />The total water unaccounted for over the 81, 806 acres irrigated on the St:l'r'S,PI 1~.~ '
<br />Vrain amounted to B. 67 inches. Just how much of this was actually transpi;red/,?,zo
<br />and evaporated and carried out of the valley is not known.
<br />
<br />According to B1aneys formulae. there were Z3. 01 inches of water over the
<br />12, 345 acres On the Uncompahgre Project either "Bu.rnt Up" or entirely re...
<br />moved from the Colorado River Basin.
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<br />La.titude
<br />. Latitude
<br />
<br />Montrose 380Z9' .
<br />
<br />Longmont 40015'
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<br />MontrOSe
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<br />Longmont
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<br />Montrose
<br />Longmont
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<br />. Since the two areas are so similar, there must be something radically wrong
<br />with the formulae.
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<br />Alfalfa 21, 700
<br />Hay, Pasture 10, 6SZ
<br />Small grains,
<br />& Beans ZI, 703
<br />Corn 7, 234
<br />Potatoes . 3, 617
<br />Sugar beets Z,l 70
<br />Orchard, truck 5,065
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<br />12.,345
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<br />For a further comparison between the Uncompahgre and St. Vrain areas, the
<br />following Was copied from the 1926 Colorado Year Book, published in 1935:
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<br />Climate 1926
<br />
<br />Annual
<br />Temp. .
<br />
<br />Precipitation
<br />
<br />Wind Elevation
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<br />. 50.1:0~~:t . 6. 73ng~at
<br />plus.60 plusZ.35"
<br />
<br />"9.10 " 0 10..251" 1 41"
<br />plus . 3 P us.. .
<br />Climate 1957
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<br />12,451
<br />
<br />5,830 '
<br />
<br />16, ZZ 7
<br />
<br />5, 000 '
<br />
<br />49.60 "
<br />plus 0.10
<br />
<br />413.50 "
<br />plus (). 30
<br />
<br />15.4 "
<br />; . plus 6.3Z"
<br />19. 38 "
<br />plus '7. 72."
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<br />Extreme .T emperature
<br />
<br />Hi~hest
<br />970 June 29
<br />990 June lZ
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<br />Lowest
<br />.. 70 Dec. 9
<br />..140 Feb. 2.
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