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<br />RCP01't of--..:..0~o ~..9gion[\l Director
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<br />diG-turbi;;.g "t.ho fIorI of t~1C ft. L.<1.r['..m~c C~~no.l :.:.t the;: st:.'..tc lil1o.
<br />Disrec;"rding t"0 Wheelan spills 0." a possible sourco of supply for
<br />thG' ros8Tilo:.r, hyc..rolo[;:...c studies discloSG t11f'.t ...."iitrt the rescrvoir
<br />in. opcr:.tion 8J1 niTcro.gc s~.ving of OJ 10] o.cro..foct o.nnur.ll:y :\t tho
<br />st::-..tlJ line in -t.!:.8 dGm['~d of the aorse Crc:::cJ-: L.-:.tcrc~l bolcl,'] l':jile GoO.J
<br />c01Jld :'0 ronlizcdCl Tr..C1.t s["_"1"rin~ \';0 1J1d be oqui 7o..1cnt to r.n incro~'..sc of
<br />5 parOCi-It i~ the co.p[~ci ty of tlw Ft,. L:trc.mic Co.nnlo
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<br />21,1 Gcolog,ic i'!.1'\1cst,i~~~.tion r::7ur...ls :10 excessive ovcrburclor~Q i::ith
<br />profer procnution:\.:ry mC::~Glll'CS [';,ppliod in some c.rco.s loc.kilgc should not
<br />be o~:ccs:::;i vo.
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<br />DE:3CR:PrIGN uF iJ'Sh
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<br />22(' T~1C region is f', iJart 0.-::' the Iligh Fla.ins r:..ro:J. lying c::'.st of
<br />the Rocky MountO-ins. The altit.ude at the d.~.l:1sito is n':-'lJroxi!1f'.toly
<br />1,10') feet c.bove seCt level, A~titudcs on tbo North Plc.tte Ri-.'erin
<br />this gc:aor~'-l CLro8. r~"'.ngc from 3,945 feet at ~,~i'~chcll to 4,035 feet at
<br />the ':'!~rOm}.llg st::'.tc line. TopoGrnphy of tho ['.~~C[l is f;cntly roll::..nr;"
<br />Tho tcrrr.in south of the site rises to hi.;hor clc"I':-.:ltions on the "'-.:ost
<br />end 0:2 YJhc..t is knorm ns the: Tri 1dcat RC.i1.sCo .oCCc;.llSC of the c.lti tude
<br />t~lC humidity is ro1~tivcly lO\"i~ SUllJ.ler:::; i...'.rc quite hot and t!lC Y!in.t(lrs
<br />o..rc often severe. Avor::'bo tompCr[\tuTe:s rC'.n.~o from 23c5o F. to 72.70 F.
<br />[lot tho nr;~,rl'y l'Iit.choll wc:--~thor obsGrv~...tion st~,tion" Ti~c mf'.xim'l:U-11 ':.i10.
<br />minim1.lm temfcrc'.turGs of rocord are 1080 Fa Clnd 'TY:.in~:.s 370 F.,
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<br />HISTORY
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<br />23: Prior tt) th(; cOl1:Jtr'.lOtion of the Ft, Lc.r.::lmic Divislon of the
<br />llorth Platto Project, batw,'en 1915 CJld 192G, this "rea ,'!<:IS primarily
<br />fa.'1ge land. 'Eth the opening of tho i,.rigD.tnd areD.S to settlement "o:'c
<br />lC1.nd \'10.5 soon te:.l-:cn up c.nd dcvclopcda The fc~rms (lvor2LE;c {'rom 80 to
<br />1:20 ~~ercs in sizoo In tho cClrly d:."tys o~ tho project, crops consis-!:cd
<br />Tile,stly of sffiCtll ;r::-.ins, alf:::~lf:::., ~.1;.d athQr fora.::;c., Ch~:.~"Jging cconoJ.lic
<br />condi tiOllS b~.'.v() brou[jl.1..t c~bout a. cLo...."'1bc jn the croppin~ p::-.tt.orn GO that
<br />!10':! the prir~cipGl crops Gre row crofls 1:illch CO.S s~.J.go.r beets, bcr.ns, (".rd.
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<br />24. The t\'1O irrig8.tian districts cantail: 107,,331 ,~crcs of
<br />irl'ibClblc l:l..nd.1 The CtcrcnGc irri[;::".tcd c:"'.ch yo':'.r vr..rioso Of 0.. tot'-,.l
<br />of 52,487 irrigaole acrcs in tho Goshen Inil':c.tion District 42,011
<br />::'.~ros woro \'l.':\tcrcd in 1946. In tho S[1.T:le ye::'...r t:10 S-ering ~~ Ft.o
<br />~~fCtmio District had 50,582 acrOG i~rigated ef " total of 54,844
<br />irric::-.blc .::lcres (Cl:1.sSCS 1 thrOl..:.;;h 4),} The rural [Japulc..tion in tho
<br />t':lQ districts is fr~irl:>r 1.'1011 stabilized, nW:lb(:riI:.g 2,234, inclur:ing
<br />572 !l.ircd ":!orkers, in -the GcrilJ.g (.~ Ft., L..'l.rc,,:nio District, cnd 1,804 in
<br />t'JIC Gcsl1C!n District a.t t.he time of tho 1946 crop census., Tho 'lrbul1
<br />popul:.-tion is on -the incr0::'.SG. It W~cS esti!'!l~tcd r.t 4,G5Q cnd 5,450
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