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<br />IRRIGLTION REQUlREI','ENTS
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<br />Br;"iol Rosol'"Voir wtuld supply y/C\tor to C\PP,'oxim,o.tely 8,700 r.cres
<br />of irrig"ted lc.nd sorvod by the Horso Crook L,:.tor"l bolNI Mile 6,0.
<br />The Horse Crook Lntornl is "Fprox~m"toly ZG m~los long "nd origin~tcs
<br />nt C\. sno.ll diversion structure on Horse Crock in SCCo 18" Tog. 22 N..I'
<br />R, 60 '{I., Wyoming, c.nd terminC\-tes in seo, 9, T, 2.2. 11., R, 56 \"I"
<br />JIobro.skC\. It serves l<1nd in 'both the Goshen IrrigC\tion District of
<br />W~'oming o.nd tho Gering & Ft< lc'r,,",io Irrig"tion District of Nebrr.skl:\.
<br />;, ""eir at Mile 6,0, o.pproxi.mc.tcly on tho Str,to lino, mer.suros the
<br />"Iutor delivered to the Ger~ng & Ft, Lc.rC\D,ie Irrigr,tien District through
<br />thiG lo.terr.l, The Horse Creek Le.torrl crosses Dry Crook DrC\in r.t r.
<br />point up?roximC\tely 1,4 miles dm'mstreC\m from the potentiC\l Braziol
<br />Dsm end n short dist"nco beloTI the Milo 6.0 TIoir.
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<br />At prosent, the Borse Creek Lc.ter"'l recei vos wutor from the Ft.
<br />Lo.r:lmie Cr,n;.'.l, plus roturn flmls from Horse Creok, Dry Creek, C\nd
<br />Kiow'" Dro.inG, Ft, Lr.rumio CC\""l wo.~er fer tl10 le.ter;:l is rolC:1sod
<br />i"Ylto Horse Creok, which ::,.cts ClS c, c-J.rri0r, f\nd from \'Jhich it is
<br />diverted into the lr.ter"l, A s!no.ll c.mo',mt of wr,tcr is "t times
<br />delivored to the Borso Creek L.torc.l through tho Mile 68,3 wC\stermy
<br />of the Ft. Lc.rr,mie Cc.nul, using Dry Creek Dro.in c.s c, carrier.
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<br />Undor the proposed pl<en of operc.tion for Braziel Roservoir lend
<br />servod by tho Horse Creok u'.torl:\l C\bova Mile 6,0 "auld oontinue to be
<br />sOl'"Ved by tho Ft, Lurc.mic C':no.l vio. Horso Creek c.r,d by return flow
<br />diversions from Horse Crccko ThQro is sufficient dc~~nd for ~~tcr by
<br />lc.nd c.bo'!e Mi Ie 6,0 to m:1ko full uso cf n 11 usu"-l Horse Creek flo'.vs
<br />not uEed by privnte ditches h"".ving ec.rlier prioriti"s thun the project.
<br />Land Garved by the Horse Crook Lterc.l b"oil,w.1iile G,O '!I~.uld >'e,etlppl"iec. 11-J
<br />Brc..ziol Reservoir Qnd return floYJ divcr~ions from Kim\l~L No.1 Dr:lin,
<br />suPvlcrcontod by the smo.ll amount of rcturr. flew of Dry Creek DrC\in uhich
<br />"Iill not bo interoepted by Brnziel Resorvoir. We.ter role:lsod from
<br />Brcziel Ros"rvoir to Dry Crook Drain rlOuld bo intercepted by tho exj.st-
<br />ins divorsion structure C\nd diverted into the Horso Croek L~terc.l.
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<br />Dcm8~d on Brcziol Rcscrvcir
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<br />The demand for irrigl:\tion wC\ter by lands sorvod by tho Braziel
<br />Reservoir h~s been ussum0d to be the s~c ~s tho supply recoived in
<br />the pc. st. It is pass iblo trr,t in some ycc.rs a better supply !night
<br />hc.ve boon furnishod these p:1rticulc.r 1c.nds, but as thoy aro p1rt of
<br />a muoh l:o.rgof' projeot they should receive only their pro rC\tc. s}w.ro of
<br />tho ?rojcct y;(\tor supply. Reeords of pr.st USe refle'ct tho ,"iC,tor supply,
<br />irrigation prc.cticcs, lo.tc.rCll losses, fo.rm H.:_stcs, etc., peculiar to
<br />this portion 0".' tl1e North PIC\tto Project.
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<br />Future irrie;=--. tlon dCJ!l:J.nd ('in tho reservoir '.\'o.s com~utcd f1.S IJstit'lf'"',""::cd
<br />historic8.1 florJ in the Hor::hJ Cr:-8k TJ'~+" r,~:l l]c)O\'! t'ho_' Y.\ry c..;l"'~nk
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