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<br />-e <br /> <br />16;)G <br /> <br />(Project lands) <br /> <br />Topography <br /> <br />Tho lands of this areu slope soutrn,.,:,.rd tovr-rd tho ArICl..'lsas Rivor. <br />The slopo is brokon by n~turo.l drains runnlllg in 0. southorly diroction. <br />Tho topography of tho o.roo. is gonorally very rough with tr~ excoption <br />of o.rablo aroas and presently irrigatod o.roo.s at Penroso and north of <br />COonan City. The elovo.tion of 5,440 foot dofinos tho north or uppor <br />edge of the distriots. Along tho Ark:lnso.s River tho olevc.tion is 5,344 <br />foot at Canon City and o.bout 5,000 foot immodio.toly southeast of Penroso. <br /> <br />Only thoso portions of tho nonirrigatod urea having dosirablo to- <br />po~raphy ho.ve boon classified as o.rablo. In bunoral, thoso o.roo.s could <br />be dovoloped for orchnrd fo.rming witJ'lout hoavy oxponsos for lovoling <br />--ClIld,~:prep~tri'!fion~f,Qt:,?iI'r4gti.tJ,;Qil~~:- ---:;:- .:..:....-- - _u_ - - - - - - ....:.- <br /> <br />------------- <br /> <br />-- ------ -- ---------- ------~-- -- <br />-- --- -----~ -- -- ------ <br /> <br />- -.. ---- ---. <br />--_.- <br /> <br />-- - ~---- <br />. ---- --- - ---------- - -- ---- -. <br />___ _.__________ ______ __.._4___. <br />- - --. <br /> <br />____ _ _____ _ ~__.~ ______~ __._________~__~___4 <br />~ nrtio.:igo --::-.:. ~;.-- ~~ - - :.--;.:.__--~-~_~ -_, ~~__~ - =; =:- -- - <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Surfaco drainago is good oxcopt in tho "roo. northoast of CMon <br />City whoro 0. fow s~ll areas arc too flat for good surface dro.inago. <br />Ono largo dro.inago ditch bogins north of COonan City and pussos through <br />the tovm to the river. Subsurfc.co dro.inago in tho Canon City aroo. is <br />poor becauso of tho tight _ c by subsoil. In tho Ponroso o.roo. sho.llow <br />topsoil and rock outcrops prosont subsurfaco dro.~go probloms. With <br />tho application of un umplo wntor supply, subsurfo.co dro.inago in some <br />of the irrigo.tod ureo.s, particulnrly the Canon City o.roo., would provo <br />ino.doquc.to, and o.dditional facilities wOuld bo requirod. <br /> <br />Salinity and alkalinity <br /> <br />So.linity is high in tho Piorro shulo seils in tho westorn po.rt of <br />tho Co.non City district. No.tivo vogotation is groo.sowood, so.ltbush, <br />o.nd somo shudsco.lo. Soil tosts fro~ the Piorro shulo soil showed a <br />total solublo salt contont of from .l8 to .23 porcent. <br /> <br />Salinity of soils in the oo.stern part of ?onroso district is nog- <br />ligiblo. In 12 soil tosts tho total solublo salt contont did not ox- <br />cood .14 porcont and the pH did not oxcood 8.6. Tho whitonoss of tho <br />soil is duo to tho high limo contont dorivod from tho undorlying Timpas <br />limostono. Soma alkalization hus dovoloped immedio.toly oast o.nd north <br />- -e- - ----o&---Canon-Ci-ty-whore-bette-r-sur face- a-nd sUbsur-fuoe-dra-inago-i:s-ncodcd-;- - - --- <br /> <br />19 <br />