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<br />From Daigre Lake, water is diverted by two l2-inch pipelines to Walsen- <br />burg Reservoir (430 acre-feet storage capacity), which is located just south <br />of U.S. Highway 160, about 3 miles west of town. The Walsenburg filtration <br />plant is located near Walsenhurg Reservoir. The city also owns 76.4 percent <br />of the storage rights in Lake Miriam (2,760 acre-feet storage capacity) and in <br />Lake Oehm (4,880 acre-feet storage capacity). These two reservoirs receive <br />water from a ditch that diverts from the Cucharas River. Lake Miriam (Horse- <br />shoe Lake) and Lake Oehm (Martin Lake) are in Lathrop State Park, located <br />about 2 miles west of Walsenburg. They also serve as supply for an irrigation <br />ditch. Water can be diverted by pumping through a l2-inch pipeline from Lake <br />Oehm to Walsenhurg Reservoir; this is a standby supply and seldom is needed. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />WHAY <br />D SUGAR BEETS <br /> <br />EXPLANATION <br />_ DRY BEANS <br />_ SORGHUM <br /> <br />!Mit:m~ BARLEY <br />_ CORN <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />WINTER <br />WHEAT <br /> <br />800,000 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />600,000 <br /> <br />w <br />" <br /><l: <br />w <br />a: <br />~ 400.000 <br />-' <br /><l: <br />.... <br />o <br />.... <br /> <br />200,000 <br /> <br /> <br />o <br />1935 <br /> <br />1940 <br /> <br />1945 <br /> <br />1950 <br /> <br />1955 <br /> <br />1960 <br /> <br />1965 <br /> <br />1970 <br /> <br />1975 <br /> <br />1980 <br /> <br />1985 <br /> <br />Data from Colorado <br />Agricultural Statistics <br /> <br />Figure 18.--Acreage of major irrigated crops, other than truck crops. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />30 <br /> <br />-- <br />