WSP06732

• File Number: 7630.300
• Description: Wild and Scenic-Gunnison River
• State: CO
• Basin: Gunnison
• Water Division: 4
• Date: 10/13/1987
• Author: DOI-NPS
• Title: Corres Reports etc 1988-89-Statement for Management-Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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campground on the North Rim, with a picnic table and
fire grate at each site.

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is a 24-table picnic area at High Point with no
and no fire grates. The campgrounds and picnic
are in very good condition.

3.

Utility Systems

a. Electrical - Electricity serves the maintenance
area, seasonal housing, and Visitor Center at Gunnison
Point on the South Rim. There is no electrical service
beyond Gunnison Point on the South Rim and none on the
North Rim. The seasonal housing, maintenance area and
the Visitor Center are separately metered.

b. Water Sys tem - The water system is composed of
five cisterns: three on the South Rim and two on the
North Rim. The water is hauled from Montrose because
no potable water is available in the monument. The
system is shut down in October and reopened in May,
because it is not protected from freezing and no one
resides in the monument in the winter.

On the South Rim there are three cisterns: a
10,OOO-gallon, fiber glass tank to serve the
campground, seasonal housing and maintenance ",rea; a
SOO-gallon metal tank to serve Gunnison Point Visitor
Center; and a l,OOO-gallon metal tank to serve the
concession facility at Pulpit Rock.

On the North Rim, two I,OOO-gallon concrete tanks serve
the campground and Ranger Station.

The monument has only two septic system leach fields;
one on the South Rim serves the maintenance area and
seasonal housing, and one on the North Rim serves the
Ranger Station. All other areas of the park are served
by pit toilets which are pumped on a schedule based on
visitor use.

4. Major Equipment

The vehicle fleet for Black Canyon is a GSA-1eased
fleet. A law enforcement vehicle, a vehicle for
general use by the headquarters office, a four-wheel
drive pickup for the maintenance area, and a two-ton
dump truck for snow plowing are leased year-round. The
dumptruck is used in the summer to haul water. During
the visitor season, five additional vehicles are
leased: a station wagon and light pickup for Ranger

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