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<br /> <br />38 <br /> <br />COLORADO RIVER' STORAGE PROJECT <br /> <br />, , <br />T'e~tative alloodtion (exCludes sec. 8 costs) : <br />Reimbursable: <br />Jrrigat~ori___ w _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _'_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ - - -. __' <br />Other (ORDF)___ _ _ _. _ __ _ _ _ _' ._. _ __ _ __ _ _. __ _ _ ___ _ -.., <br /> <br />Total____..______..________._.________..______cc__' <br />'Nonreimbursable: :fish and wildlife_____~__________,____,___.~"_ <br /> <br />$4, 345, 001> <br />72"OO(} <br /> <br />Toial.. _'._ _ _ _ _._ _ __ _ _ _ _ _.. ___ _ _._. _. _ _ _ _ - _ _ _... __.,____ <br />, , , <br />P_robable repayment: <br /> <br />~~w~i~~~~~~~~e~~==:=====:======:====:::=:::::=:==:::: <br /> <br />4,417,000' <br />198, 000, <br />4,615,000 <br /> <br />3,320,000 <br />1,025,000 <br />72,000, <br /> <br />TotaL.______.___.___________________.__._______.__.__' ,4,417,000, <br /> <br />Smith Fork project is located in Delta -County, along the Smith F6rk:of the <br />Gunnison Rive~. The principal features include Crawford Dam and Rj:lservoir,. <br />Smith-Fork div~rsion dam" Smith Fork feeder-canal, and the Aspen canal. The <br />Crawford Reservoir, capacity of 13,650 acre-feet, has been constructed on Iron <br />Cr~ek, a tribu~ary - of Smith Fork. -, ,'The' res'ervo,ir -regulates the' flow '.of Iron <br />Creek and ,:;urplus flows of the Smith Fork- -that- are conveyed -to. it by the Smith <br />Fork feeder _canal. "Small' quantities of reservoir storage water are' released t.o <br />Iron Creek~-ancl.diverted by several-small 'existing' ditches. The remu;inder'IS', <br />rel~ased to the' ~ew -Aspen canal and- conveyed -by this canal to .existing_ ditches <br />for' distribution~ Some of the, storage water 'releases thro]lgh the A.spen ,canal <br />replace present! direct flow diversions from Smith- Fork, thus permitting 'addi.. <br />tional direct' flQW diversions to be made higher - on the' stream through- existing. ' <br />ditches. , Recre:ation:. facilities on Crawford Reservoir have been- completed. <br />'Fhe Smith F,ork project was completed in the fall of. 1962 !J,rtd -is,' now fur~ <br />nishing irdgation water to project -lands. The,- project was dedicated by Sec- <br />retary of the. lliteriorl, Hon. Stewart L. ,Udall, on A.pril 20, 196;' in a ceremony <br />held at Crawford Dam; The proj~ct was transferred to the vrawford Water- <br />Conservancy' Diistrict for operation and maintenance on January 1, 1964. <br /> <br />PAONIA PARTICIPATING PROJECT, COLORADO <br /> <br />Constructionistarted: January 1959. <br />Substantially! completed: June 1962. <br />Development;: _, <br />Irrigatio:p.: Full water supply for 2,230,acre's. Supplemental water,_supply <br />for' 13,070 acres. <br />Irrigation development period-: '-.' ' <br />Fire, Mountain irrigation block, 7 years. Started: January I, 1962. <br />Ends: December 31, 1968. <br />LerQux Creek .block,"'10 year's. 'Started:' January 1, 1962. Ends: <br />December 31, 1971. <br />Repayment: I ' <br />Organizl\tion: North Fork Water Conservancy District. <br />Contract No. 14-06-400-668 dated August 21, 1957, amended Novemher <br />14,1964. ! <br />, Contracted repayment: -Irrigation, $2,320,000. First installment' due <br />December tn, 1969. - <br /> <br />Primary projeci costs other than sec. 8: - E,t/mated cost <br />Paonia Dam and Reservoir__n__n______________nn~___n $5,486,000 <br />Fire Moun~ain diversion dam________n__________n________ , -129,000 <br />Fire Mountain oanaL___n____________nn__n__n_n__n_ 1,965,000 <br />Abandoned investigation8~ ___________nnn_____n_____n_ ~9, 000 <br /> <br />,prains_ __.;._____ ____________________________..__,___~:.._.;.___ 80, 000 <br /> <br />TotalJ c9sts other than sec. 8 _______________n_n__n__~ 7, 769t 000 <br />