WSP03984

• File Number: 8142.400
• Description: Trinidad Project - Reports
• State: CO
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 2
• Date: 4/1/1964
• Author: Unknown
• Title: Synopsis of Irrigation Report - Trinidad Project
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Land Classification Results

Present Use
Class Irrigated * Nonirrigated Total
1 Irrigable 1,034 121 1,155
2 lrrigable 7,990 4,580 12,570
3 Irrigable 4,150 1.842 5.992
Total irrigable 13,174 6,543 19,717
6W Nonirrigable 5,975 5,975
6 Nonirrigable --- 34.705 34,705
Total Area Classified 19,149 41,248 60,397

*Maximum acreage irrigated in any single year for the period 1955-1959.

The table ShOW9 13,174 acres ~rrigated suitable for irrigation;
6,543 acres which were not irrigated during the 5-year study period are
suitable for irrigation, 1111l1d.ng a total of 19,717 acres suitable for
irrigation. Tbere are 5,975 acres of inteTJDittently irrigated Class 6w
lands which are not qualified for project irrigation and 34,705 acres of
Class 6 non-irrigated and non-irrigable lands.

Federal reclamation law limits the delivery of project water to Dot
more than 160 acres per indiVidual or per corporation, or in the csse of
II. 1lI8n end "ife to 320 acres. An analysis of OIffiership records showed
2,708 acres or about 14 percent of the project lands as being held in this
excess status.

Agricultural Econo~cs

Detailed agricultural economic studies were made to measure the
effects that the project would have on the agricultural econoll\Y of the
area. In making the studies, recognition was g~ven to the effects of
such factors as climate, quality of land, farm size, land use, crop
yields, and farJll expenses and income.

METHOD OF ANALYSIS

For study purposes the Trinidad service area was divided into four
tracts, each having its own economic characteristics. TIle four economic
tracts and the ditch systems which comprise them are as follows:

1. Model Ditch Tract (Model Ditch only)
2. South Side Tract (South Side Ditch only)

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