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<br />. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Cultivated land....., ........ ..... <br />Irrif,8ted pasture................. <br />Irrigated 1'1eadow........ ..... .. . .. <br />Arable land, non-irrigated........ <br />Subtotal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />Non-irrig~ble lands............... <br />Total district area............ <br /> <br />5,550 acres <br />1,474 II <br />332 II <br />1-;889' II <br />9,195 ,,-cres <br />6,805 II <br />18,000 acres <br /> <br />About 1,100 acres lying above the project is irrigated fro~ Mancos <br /> <br />River, and 2,000 ~cres has been developed on Chicken and Mud <br /> <br />Creeks. <br /> <br />Present ditches ,~e adequate, not only for the area <br /> <br />irrigated but fer Q total of about 10,000 acres. A total of <br /> <br />13,000 acres night be irrigated frm extensions and enlo,rgernents <br /> <br />of these ditches, RIld would be the logical DaximuI'l development <br /> <br />as its return flow would all bo available in 1mncos Valley. Since <br /> <br />ditches in use are fRir1y adequate, stor"ge only has to be con- <br /> <br />sidered. Supplemental WAter is needed in June, July. August and <br /> <br />September. <br /> <br />7,000-Acre Development <br /> <br />The land owners on the project are firr~y convinced that <br /> <br />the area Which ~~ll pay fm' storage will not exceed 7,000 acres <br /> <br />and that storage needs for this area should be set at 5,000 acre- <br /> <br />feet. Their origin~l phns conter:iplC\ted such J.evelopoent at the <br /> <br />Weber site. The Bureau of Reclanqtion found an alternative reser- <br /> <br />voir site in Jackson Gulch. Both sites have been investigated. <br /> <br />B <br /> <br />r\ <br />~\'.; <br />, ~ <br />" ) <br /> <br />1 J re- <br />, 00 <br />I,' <br />tj. ~ j) <br />?-. .,.~- <br />--~~ <br />'0, <br />