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<br />-. <br /> <br />16;)G <br /> <br />(Projoct lands) <br /> <br />Topography <br /> <br />Tho lands of this aroe. slopo soutmv:,.rd tovr-rd tho ArlCl.'1so.s Rivor. <br />Tho slope is brokon by natural dro.ins runnll1g in 0. southorly diroction. <br />Tho topography of tho o.roo. is genero.lly vory rough with tr~ exception <br />of arablo aroas and prosontly irrigatod areas at Penroso and north of <br />Canon City. Tho elovation of 5,440 foot definos tho nerth or upper <br />odge of tho districts. Along tho Ark:lnso.s River tho olevc.tion is 5,344 <br />foot at Canon City and o.beut 5.000 foet inunodio.toly southoast of Ponrose. <br /> <br />Only thoso portions of' tho nonirrigatod areo. ho.ving dosirablo to- <br />pography have boon classified as arable. In bunoral, these o.reo.s could <br />be devoloped for orcho.rd fo.rming witJ'lout hoo.vy expenses for leveling <br />--ClIld.~:prep~tri'!fion~f,Qt:,?iI'r4gti.tJ,;QiJ.~~:- --:;:- .:..:....-- ., ---- - . - - - - ...:.- <br /> <br />------------- <br /> <br />-- ------ -- ---------- ------~-- -- <br />-- --- -----~ -- -- ------ <br /> <br />- -.. ---- ---. <br />--_.- <br /> <br />-- - ~---- <br />. ---- --- - ---------- - -- ---- -. <br />___ _.__________ ______ __.._4___. <br />- - --. <br /> <br />____ _ _____ _ ~__.~ ______~ __._________~__~___4 <br />~ nrtio.:igo --::-.:. ~;.-- ~~ - ,:..-;.:....-~~_~ -.c ~~._~ - =; =:- -- ' <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Sur fa co draino.go is good excopt in tho nreu northoast of Cr.non <br />City whoro 0. fow s~ll areas o.ro too flat for good surface drainage. <br />One large drainage ditch begins north of Canon City o.nd pussos through <br />tho tovm to the river, Subsurfc.co drc.inago in tho Co.non City aroa is <br />peor be co. use of tho tight, c lay subsoil. In tho Penroso aroo. shallow <br />topsoil and rook outcrops pro sent subsurfo.oo drainage probloms. With <br />tho applioation of an amplo wo.tor supply, subsurfaco drainage in some <br />of tho irrigated aroas, partioulnrly the Canon City aroa, would provo <br />inadoquc.to, and additional fo.oilitiQS wOuld bo requirod. <br /> <br />So.linity and alkalinity <br /> <br />Salinity is high in tho Piorro shalo soils in tho wostorn part of <br />tho Canon City distriot. Nntivo vogetation is gronsolVood, saltbush, <br />and somo shadsoo.lo. Soil tosts f're~ tho Pierro sho.lo soil showed 0. <br />tetal solublo so.lt content of from ,18 to .23 percont. <br /> <br />Salinity of soils in tho oc.stern part of ?enroso distriot is neg- <br />ligible. In 12 soil tosts tho total soluble s:l.lt oontent did not ex- <br />cood .14 poroont and tho pH did not oxceod 8.6. Tho whitenoss of tho <br />soil is duo to tho high limo oontent dorived from tho underlying Timpas <br />limostene. Some al~lization has doveloped immediatoly oast and north <br />- -.- - ----o&---Canon-City-whore-bette,r-sur face- a-nd sUbsur,fuoa-dra.innr;c-i:s-neoded-;- - - --- <br /> <br />19 <br />