WSP02071

• File Number: 8407
• Description: Platte River Basin - River Basin General Publications
• State: CO
• Basin: Statewide
• Date: 4/20/1912
• Author: Orrin C Smith
• Title: Report of Water Right Adjudication Survey of the North Platte-Platte Rivers - 1911-1912
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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121. Beauohamp C<<nal. - oovers 250 acres but only 150 ao%"es

oultivated end irrigatcd.

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122. YeCabc, CEc.:lll.l, _ headG in Eas,' crunch, . not used for

three or four years.

12;. Roberts or West Side Birdwood Canal. - could oover 350

ac%"es but anly about 250 acres are oultivated and irrigated.

Discussion or Results

124. From Table 1. _ 460.58 seo. f't. adjudicated rights in Wyoming.

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on orth latte antedating the Government, _ cansidered suff'ioient by

the State to irrigate 32, 242 ...ores.

125. From rable 2, - ;00,100 .!lorel!l of irrigable land Imder
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oanals now in operation in L;eb%"aska taking water from Narth Platte. Of'

this total, 11,150 8.Ores under Interstate and 60.000 acres under i'ri;;.Stat9

leaving l63,550 acres under lower private canals oovered in this survey.

Of this l63,500 acres, 16,400 (47%) are oultivated and irrigated, 8:>,150

aores (l2%) are irrigated bay lrmds. making a totalof' 96,550 aores (59%)

of' the irrigable ls.nd that is actually irrigated. 58,900 aores ()6%)

is unirrigated bay or pasture land. It is estir.lated tha.t nine_tenths of this is

already sub-irrigated to SODle extent and 1'Iill probably never be irrigated.
rhe remaining 6,000 aores (5%) is cultivated land whioh is not ir%"ige.ted.