WSP06306

• File Number: 8443.600
• Description: Narrows Unit - Studies
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 5/1/1964
• Author: Justin J. Haynes CO
• Title: Preliminry Estimate o Value of Land to Be Acquired in Fee, Flood Easements and Severance Damages Narrows Site Morgan County, Colorado
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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exceeding approximately 10/0 slope - no important erosion problems - fields of

adequate size and shape to permit good cropping practices.

Class II

Similar to Class I except somewhat shallower soils - more slope

and erosion control problems - moderate limitatiorrs for crop production.

Classes III & IV

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Marginal and sub-marginal land - subject to severe limitations in

use for crop production. . Soils are of comparatively shallow depth and require

erosion control - comparatively low in fertility and productivity. Subject to a

fairly high degree of alkalinity. Special cropping practices required. .
Sprinkler Irrigated Land
Part of the land within the subject areas had beeri used during past years
for cropping purposes. This land has subsequently been returned to permanent

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During the past 18 months, due to the innovation of a self-propelled Ii
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sprinkler system and the apparent availability of good irrigation wells, a portion :1

of this land has been subject to a change in use from pasture to cropping purposes

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Land suitable to this cropping practice with good irrigation wells capable I
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of operating the self-propelled sprinkler system is currently subject to fairly I
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heavy market pressures reflected in the sales price. I

Irrigated Meadow Land
Irrigated meadow land in the areas, generally speaking, has been leveled

for hay production. As a general rule these meadows have been seeded with tame

pasture use.

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