WSP02873

• File Number: 8147
• Description: Gunnison-Arkansas Project
• State: CO
• Water Division: 4
• Date: 6/1/1948
• Author: US DoI BoR
• Title: Interim Report Gunnison-Arkansas Project Colorado Appendix E Irrigation
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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16'12

(Project lands)

turn is lenched from the seil by irrigation. In certai. aroas land
lying diroctly e. bove the present cano.ls showed an indicc.tion of "black
o.lkuli" whorons i.mmodie,tely bolow tho cuno.ls no indication was found.

No lo.nd was classified as irri~b1c whore tho degroe of nlko.lin-
ity or o.mOWlt of total soluble snlts exce8ded tho bureau of Reclnmn-
tion srendo.rds.

Spec io.l problems

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Co.ro must be oxorcised to nvoid o.roo.s likely to devolop seopago
and o.l~(t!i... Tm&_is..prr_ticulo.rly :t!:\.lo. ~hcro irrigo.tionof~!nrd~~1<._!!-.
.. "?h.!:gh~Tey::ltioncmiglit.:::c(tuse.::seep~g,,__t<?-:-dovo_lop 5>r! -#J,-l,f-jJlo. lande-lying
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- :: :-~6i.:).":fClr,ti'1i:.ty.-"mus;t"lio"ino,into.inod:;:_;o.nd:c"ovon"""incroa:S~<L:OKpo.I:t~ elf.:.
tho. pr9_sep.t,i~irrib"'teo.:':'10.nd=b:rth~- d"iivol2"P!i!ent- :iifo. Tiv:e.s"':tocj{C' p-r.ogro.m
on- o vory=fr.rm ro.ther thUnononly n portot--th6 fr:rtns.

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Land classifioation stundcrds

The land olnssifico.tion standards used in classifying tho Cluss 1
and Class 2 irrigo.blo Innd nro briefly outlined in to.blo 1.

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