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<br />river in Mitchell county at Glen Elder. Approximately 18,000 acres
<br />of land in Mitchell county can be irrigated with a swrage of 96,000
<br />acre-feet. Tentative figures indicate a reservoir with a total capac-
<br />ity of 304',000 acre-feet could be constructed which would provide
<br />the necessary storage for irrigation and in addition 180,000 acre-feet
<br />for flood control witli a silt reserve of 28,000 acre-feet.
<br />5. ST. FRANCIS PROJEcT.-The reservoir site is located near Hale,
<br />Colorado, but IllOst of the irrigable land lies in Kansas above the
<br />town of St. Francis in Cheyenne county. Rough computations indi-
<br />cate an area of about 5,000 acres can be irrigated from this reservoir.
<br />. Some consideration was given this site by the U. S. Army Engineers
<br />for flood control purposes.
<br />6. OBERLIN PROJECT.-;-A survey has been made of a proposed
<br />reservoir site on Sappa. creek, southwest of Oberlin in Decatur
<br />county. Several thousand acres of potentially irrigable land along
<br />Sappacreek below the dam could be served by this reservoir.
<br />7. NORTON PROJEcT.-Preliminary surveys have been made of a
<br />possible reservoir site in Norton county on Prairie Dog creek near
<br />the town of Clayton. Several thousand acres of arable valley lands
<br />between creek meanders along Prairie Dog creek, above the city of
<br />Norton, could be watered by canals from this swrage site.
<br />8. OTHE"(l RESERVOIR PROJECTS. '- In addition to the reservoirs
<br />listed in the foregoing tabulation, studies have been made by various
<br />federal agencies on several other reservoir sites, principally for ir-
<br />rigation and flood control, and which were found unsuitable fOr the
<br />. particular plan under consideration. For example, the U. S. Army
<br />Engineers have made some preliminary studies of sites at Arrington
<br />on the Delaware river in Atchison county; one near Jarbalo on
<br />Stranger cre(lk in Leavenworth county; one near Clinton in Douglas
<br />county on the lVakarusa river; one in Pottawatomie county near.
<br />Onaga on Vermillion creek; and one on Big Soldier creek in Jack-.
<br />son imd Shawnee counties in connection with flood protection at
<br />Kansas City and on the lower Missouri river. Although at this
<br />time reservoirs at these locations do not appear to be a part of the
<br />. general plan of flood control in the Missouri river basin, it is very
<br />probable that. further study wi]] be made by the Division of WaLer
<br />'Resources. on a number of these sites to determine their value with
<br />regard to local flood problems in that particular area.
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