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<br />-. <br /> <br />1647 <br /> <br />(Project lends) <br /> <br />IRRIGATED Al;EAS AFFECTED BY INITIAL DEV8LOfl,~NT <br /> <br />These llre:lS include 1111 of tho land now being irri!~llted togetbor <br />with soma adjacent or neurbf nonirrigatod l:lnd. In tho Initial Devol- <br />opmont approximatoly 60,000 acro-foet of transbllsin \.ntor would be mllde <br />availllble fer use on prosont inadoquately irri~atod land. In llddition. <br />11 rogulatod llnd dependable .roter supply would be made aVllilablo to <br />322,000 acres of land na7 irrigated with an unrolio.blo supply. Those <br />irrigo.ted l:lnds which would be directly affocted by the Initial Devol- <br />opment aro discus sod in tho following soctions. <br /> <br />, Loo.dvillo to Salida area <br /> <br />- - - - "- - - ~ <br />. ------- <br />. . - . <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />- - ---- - <br />-- ~~ ~T-hi_;c-;;o_~___5s-~~~"~-~~-:;i;~~h b~_t~_~dj.a~~ge' basi;of.:ct~. up~ <br />pe r __rea~h_oL .tho _ArkansascRi:vor""on~t bo-_we stccliy___.t ho,,-C ont ine nta:;l~Divide , <br />"'cine"!; h1'- -southWest "b~'- the=Sangro-do -Cr'i:stci'--Rango~ olFthO' soutJifla:s'C-e:l5y-tho <br />- - -drainage-basiii-of tho-noXt' -lowor fcicicn of tJiO'ArkansasRivorandon tho <br />oast by tho Park Range. Tho aroa includos tho drai~ge basin of the <br />South Fork of tho Arko.nso.s River. <br /> <br />--- <br />---- <br /> <br />______u___ <br />- ---- ---_.-. <br />--," - . <br />=----- <br />--.- --. <br /> <br />Soils <br /> <br />Tho soil is principally derivod from lo.rge alluvium terracos 10- <br />co.tod wost of tho Ark"~s:ls River. Typical profiles indicato tho top- <br />soil to bo a sandy leam toxturo varying in dopth from 6 to 30 inchos. <br />Genorally, tho fo.rther tho land lios from tho Arko.nsas River or tho <br />closor to tho mounto.ins, the sh..'\llovr"r tho topsoil. Tho color of tho <br />topsoil var ios from 0. reddish bro\'ffi to darJ: brown with some groyish <br />brm-ln o.reo.s. Tho subsoil of tho irrigo.blo land is composed of sand <br />and gravol varying from o.bout 3 foot in dopth noar tho mounto.ins to <br />moro than 5 foet noo.r tho rivor. Tho pormt.iability of thu soil is ox- <br />cellont. Tho wator-holding co.po.city is limitod by both coo.rse toxt- <br />uro and shallow depth of' soil. .;ounto.in mUhly, moo.dCl\v fescuo, and <br />grama gro.ss o.ro prodominant on tho uncultivatod o.roo.s. <br /> <br />--.'---------- ------- ---- _ --- ------ <br /> <br />16 <br />