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<br />o <br /> <br />,.e') <br /> <br />,,",4 <br />(J1 <br />.... <br />CJ:l <br /> <br />The length of the reservoir will be about 4800 feet "i th an <br /> <br />average width of about 1000 feet.. Jll9.xil1R1m depth will be about 80 feet. <br /> <br />The expected life of trm reservoir is estimated by the Bureau <br /> <br />of Roclamation to be 100 years.. <br /> <br />IV <br /> <br />9.g:NE~~L DESCRIPTION OF. THE AREA <br /> <br />A. Location <br /> <br />F~ttlesnake Reservoir site is located in Larimer County, Colorado, <br /> <br />about 12 miles west of Loveland, Colorado. It is situated in a small <br /> <br />side drainage of Cotton~vood Croek yj1ioh is a tributary of the Big <br /> <br />;';/ <br /> <br />Thompson River. Tho sito is not directly accessible by highway but <br /> <br />',-,' <br />;..-; <br /> <br />lies about 5 air miles southweEit of the junction of U. S. Highway 54 <br /> <br />and Colorapo State Highway 56. <br /> <br /> <br />B. Ebvsical Characteristics <br /> <br />1. Topograp]lX <br /> <br />The reservoir site lies in the northern part of Rattlebnake <br /> <br />Park where' the dra:i.nagn system leaves this park to enter Cc)ttonwood <br /> <br />Crr!ok. The side drainages whi.ch onter the reservoir site tend to mako <br /> <br />the topogrljlphy rough and broken at the lower cnd of the reccr-foir, 'while <br /> <br />tho upper end is r'Jlati vely gentle. <br /> <br /> <br />2 . .E:),an:t...9rowth <br /> <br />'rhe slopes Gbove the reservoir high water linc have a <br /> <br />ground cover of grass with occasionGl gro11pings of' Ponder()i'la pir18. <br /> <br />5. Setting <br /> <br />The res(srvoir setting will in no way be spectacular, although <br /> <br />interesting and ple:lsant. <br /> <br />7 <br /> <br />~.-, -.,-~-"" -.' .. ',' <br /> <br />~.;. ~"'-', <br /> <br />-.-,-.....:. <br /> <br />_ '...,.- ".:c~ :: . <br /> <br />'<' 'J"- "k "~-'_,:,,; - - ~.'-'''''-' ~"" _ ~ '.", ~.:', . - :.; '!;:---~ <br />