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Water Supply Protection
File Number
8220.122.A
Description
Paonia Project
State
CO
Basin
Gunnison
Water Division
4
Date
4/1/1957
Author
US Dept of Agricultu
Title
Report of Reappraisal of Direct Agricultural Benefits & Project Impacts: Paonia Project
Water Supply Pro - Doc Type
Report/Study
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<br /> <br />Further development of agr1cul tural resources is dependent upon an <br />adequate supply of irrigation water. The agricultural lands produce fair <br />yields of fruit and general farm crops in years of good water supply. <br />Even in years of except! onally hi gh runoff J late-season water is <br />inadequate for all crops. In years of low runoff partial or total crop <br />failures result. Additional irrigation water would stabilize crop <br />production, increase total crop yields, and permit development of new <br />lands now idle because of insufficient water. Returns from agricultural <br />products would be increased and made more stable if the project area <br />were provided a full irrigation supply. <br /> <br />General <br />I <br /> <br />The population of the area is predominantly of English, Scotch, and Balkan <br />descent. In recent years migration has consisted mainly of the movement <br />of transient coal miners to and from the area and the influx of families <br />interested in fruit production in North Fork River Valley. <br /> <br />Trends in population in the project area have been up and dow during <br />the period 1930-50. The communities of Bowie, Hotchkiss, Lazear, Midway, <br />paonia, Payne-Rogers Mesa, Somerset, and Ragged Mountain include most of <br />the people living in the project area.iureau of Census records for <br />these communities show a population of ~~oximately 5,300 in 1930, <br />6,100 in 1940, and 6,300 in 1950. <br /> <br />The project area has good transportation i~eilities. A standard gage <br />railroad parallels the North Fork River ~d passes through Paonia. A <br />surfaced road extends from the project area to Delta where it is joined <br />by U. S. Highway 50. The distance from Paonia to Denver is 352 miles by <br />rail and 316 miles by highway. The distance to Salt Lake City is 372 <br />miles by rail and 356 miles by highway. <br /> <br />Electric power is distributed to the population centers by the Western <br />Colorado Power Company and to the rural areas by a local cooperative <br />financed by the Rural Electrification Administration. <br /> <br />Telephone and telegraph facilities are adequate. <br /> <br />Educational facilities are provided throughout the North Fork River <br />Valley. Gra.lllIllar schools are accessible to all communities and high <br />schools are located at Paonia and Hotchkiss. An accredited Junior college <br />is located at Grand Junction. Other institutions of higher learning are <br />situated in Gunnison and eastern Colorado. <br /> <br />Resources of the region, which have not been fully developed, include <br />timber in the national forests, unmined coal and other minerals, <br />recreational potentialities, and hydroelectric power. <br /> <br />Although sawills have ~isted in the region for several years, the <br />very large areas of unharvested forest provide a potential for a large <br />increase in timber harvesting. <br /> <br />- 6 - <br />
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