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<br />-. <br /> <br />1647 <br /> <br />(l'rojoct lends) <br /> <br />IRRIGATED Al;EAS AFFECTED BY INITIAL DEV8LOfl,~NT <br /> <br />Theso o.re:lS include all of tho land now being irri!~o.tod togothor <br />with soma adjacent or neurbf nonirrigatod lo.nd. In tho Initial Dovol- <br />opmont approximatoly 60,000 acre-foet of tro.nsbo.sin \Yntor would be made <br />availablo for use on prosont ino.doquatoly irri~atod land. In addition, <br />a rogulatod and dopendable .roter supply would be mAdo o.vailablo to <br />322,000 o.cres of land na7 irrig:lted with an unrolio.blo supply. Those <br />irrigatod lands whioh would be diroctly affoctod by the Initial Devol- <br />opment llro discussed in tho following soctions. <br /> <br />_ Loadvillo to Salida area <br /> <br />- - - - "- - - ~ <br />. ------- <br />. . - . <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />- - ---- - <br />-- ~."- ~T-hi_;c-;;0_~___5s-~~~"~-~~-:;i;~~h b~_t~_~dj.a~~ge' basi;of.::.t~. up~ <br />po r __rea~h_oL .tho _ArkansascRi:vor""on~t ho'_wo stccliy_c,t ho,,-C ant ine nta:;l~Di:vido , <br />--cin' -!; h1, -southWost --b~'- the=Sangro-do -Crj:stci---Rango~ olFthO' soutJiflas't-':l5y-tho <br />- - -drainage-basiii-of tho-noXt' -lowor fcicicn of tJiO-ArkansasRivorandon tho <br />oast by the Park Ro.nge. Tho arot\ ineludes the drai~go basin of the <br />South Fork of the Ark.o.nsas River. <br /> <br />--- <br />---- <br /> <br />______u___ <br />- ---- ---_.-. <br />--," - . <br />=----- <br />--.- --. <br /> <br />Soils <br /> <br />Tho soil is principally dorivod from large alluvium torro.ces lo- <br />cated wost of the Ark"~s:ls River. Typical profiles ind1cuto the top- <br />soil to bo 0. sandy loam texturo varying in depth from 6 to 30 inchos. <br />Gonorally, the farther tho land lies from tho Ark:lns:ls Rivcr or tho <br />closer to tho mounto.ins, the sh..'\llovr"r tho topsoil. Tho color of tho <br />topsoil var ios from 0. reddish brovm to darJ: brown with some groyish <br />brm'rn aroas. Tho subsoil of tho irrigo.blo land is oomposed of sand <br />and gruvol v:lrying from o.bout 3 foot in dopth ne:lr tho mounto.ins to <br />moro tho.n 5 feot noar tho rivor. The porm,,"-bility of thu soil is ox- <br />ceUont. The wator-holding cnpucity is lir.litod by both coo.rso text- <br />uro and shallow depth of soil. .;ounto.in muhly, moo.dCl\v fescuo, and <br />gramll grass arc prodominant on the uncultivntod o.roas. <br /> <br />---e----------- ------- ----- - --- ------ <br /> <br />16 <br />