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<br />WATi", SUPPLY <br /> <br />The Picketwire River is a perennial II-trellm which bas its source in <br /> <br />o <br />0) <br />W <br /> <br />the high mOLlZltein Il1'Qa west of Trinidad at an ,elevation of about 13.000 feet <br /> <br />~- <br /> <br />at,},,, me"-ll sec. 19v91. Th.. S121l1J;1l}l' bns-3 1'lo'.'!, w:llch aVel"~gea about 100 second. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />feet et Triuido.d. l"e3.~lts fl"on ffi"Ulng lmOl. ani rain1'all on the wa.tershed. <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />In the period f'rom /lAy to 04!l;0ber. r:'-.ini'alls of elouJ.lJl"Uat iutellslty oocur <br /> <br />f'requ<ptly and. produeo flGOds of co,.slderabh P'1"-k and v~l"oll'l". Above ths <br /> <br />Sopris dl'JD. site. the riv'ilr drains 642 square mihs. Be-::we03il that point and <br /> <br />Tri'-'lich d, the drainage arlJ(l is 100 equnra miLaa. mainly tlw:t of Raton ('J>,IlYon <br /> <br />on tho south and colorado Csnyon 011 the north. Both of the l'lttSl" are minor <br /> <br />water prociuo~3 and the amount of their contr1bution to thu stream flo" is <br /> <br />91",,11. <br /> <br />The gnu;;iu; station at Trinidad m,s s-ccurate reoords sin"" 1916, e-....-- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />copt in the floods of 192G and 1';}42 WhOll tho gflugaa 1l0rtt wnshoJ. away. <br /> <br />,,~ <br /> <br />Th0 irrigated fl.l:"en -.arieG from YS<ll' to yer with the water supply <br /> <br />since Illnds und"r eonratructed ditchos toto.l about 40.000 aCI'es. In 1937 <br /> <br />tho!"a Were only So bout 20.000 a e:-os undor ell l-ti-va tion ago. i.ast 35,290 1n 1924. <br /> <br />In 1~43 only about 6,000 a<ll"OS h!!.d aduquate ll:"rig'-lt~on w,,-ter balo\'l Sopris_ <br /> <br />From lutor'l'ie'>'" with lO;j!.l ditcl'_ officorG. f'al'LlarS and water ~8- <br /> <br />aloner of D1strist 17. 1'.; 1.3 63tilllated thnt lands with yearl, sl,orl;a.ge are <br /> <br />as follovrSI <br /> <br />DITCH <br /> <br />AVERAGB ACR"S IRRIGATEil <br /> <br />Ar.RES i"IITH Alm1H-L SHORTAGE <br /> <br />E-ch",ged Sauth Sida <br /> <br />3. 700 <br />6.300 <br />5. :300 <br /> <br />3.200 . <br /> <br />Bs.~ <br /> <br />Model <br /> <br />6,300 <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />5.000 <br /> <br />. Ee.rly priority fiiti"'soo acr"G <br />~, <br /> <br />Tho lands havo a widely v~rying \.u~er supply fr~ Y02r to year. Scro1B <br /> <br />roeeiVil o;::lya 8rrl111 po,-tion of vra'~"r n<36Q6d. eSpecially in ],v:ta il'rige.ting <br /> <br />soeSO~j. <br /> <br />. . . ~ <br />