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<br />-. <br /> <br />lGSt! <br /> <br />(Project lands) <br /> <br />The river bottom, soil is variable in type and texture am consists <br />of small areas of gravelly loam, fine sandy lown,'silt loam, olay loam, <br />Ilnd clllY, The predominant te",:ture is c lay loam. Thero Ilre some IlrellS' <br />of river wash matorilll, marshes, Ilnd a.rellS with'slllt acoumullltions. <br /> <br />In tho Ilrell aboVE> the river bottom o.nd below the C.olorlldo Ca.ml the <br />soils Ilre clllY 101lm, sllndy leo.m, Ilnd clo.y. Sa.ndy loam 'arells are mostly <br />loct\ted, south ,o.nd s:> uthea.st of Crowley. Clo.y 10llm arees aro north t\nd <br />west of CrOWley, Oo.st of Ordway, and north of tho !{Lssouri Paeifio Ra.il- <br />rOlld. South. of Ordwa.y and a.round j,lerodi th Lcke tho soil is prine ipa.l1y <br />clo.y. Soil profiles usually show tho scme texture in the subsoil o.s <br />found in the topsoil; same of tho cla.y loa.m topsoil is"hawover,- undor- <br />la.in .by oby. ' <br /> <br />- ~ -- --- . <br />- ---------- <br />- -- ---- --- <br /> <br />- - - --- <br />- -------- <br /> <br />- . - - - . <br />-- -- -- -------- <br /> <br />--------- <br />------- <br /> <br />- - - - .- <br />--- --.- -.-------- <br />-- ----- <br /> <br />---------- <br /> <br />. Top o,;;illphy~-~- __~C~- _ ~ <br /> <br />. - ----------- . <br />- ..------.- <br /> <br />. - ~ . <br />---------- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Tho bottOr.tlend noar the river is divided into smU fiolds, many' <br />of which hllve Clo.ss 1 topogro.phy; hmvovor, this,pnrt of tho Ilrell o.s Il <br />whole is rough. Tho higher "nd lr.rgor aroll is slightly rolli,ng to <br />level and is unbroken with a uniform slop,e. Very, little land leveling <br />or other surface preparlltion for irrigation would be nlquired. <br /> <br />Draina/';e <br /> <br />Surfllce dro.im"e throughout most of the Coloredo Cana.l land is <br />a.deqUllte; hcw/ever, c. fElIr pla.oes in the river bottom reed lldditiolllll <br />surface drnimge. La.nd in the vioinity of Lake uieredith ho.s very <br />little slope r~d hes poor subsoil drllinllge. Seepllge ocours in mll~ <br />plllces nt the present time. In the higher o,r,ea.s, subs1irfa.oe drD.imge <br />is, needed in areo.s ho.ving henvy' soil. Where, heavy subsoil is present, <br />a. serious dra.innLo problem oxists. At present thorenre mnny draino.~ <br />ditohes in the Ordway-Sugar City area. <br /> <br />Drainllge works for smnll fields nnd ureus of irrigo.tcd la.nd under <br />the Booth-Orchard Grove end Exoolsior Ditohes would be expensive ,in <br />proportion to tho r.oreo.go to be bonefitod a.m are, ,thoreforo, not <br />gonora.lly reoommonded., <br /> <br />---.- --- -- <br /> <br />25 <br />