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<br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.'. ",.' ~.. ''''I <br />~j;';u , <br /> <br /> <br />BASALT PROJECT <br /> <br />PROJECT LANDS <br /> <br />establiShed for the nearby West Di vi. de and Silt projects, lead to a <br />decision to reduce the 1951 acreage under each land class by 10 percent. <br />Since all arable lands that could not meet class 1 or 2 standards in the <br />1951 survey were placed in class 4p, it was also assumed during the land <br />classificiation review that half of the class 4 lands could qualify as <br />plass 3. <br /> <br />With these adjustments the project irrieable land would be distri.b- <br />pted in the various land classes in approximatelY the percentages shown <br />"below. <br /> <br />Land class <br />1 <br /> <br />Percent of irrigab~e area <br />0.5 <br />53.7 <br />22.9 <br />22.9 <br />lOci:O <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />3 <br />4p <br /> <br />Total <br /> <br />1!ri~able Acrea~e <br /> <br />From an economic analysis it appears that all land classes, 1 <br />through 4p inclusive, would be economicallY irrigable. All of the class 4 <br />lands were determined, upon analysis, to have payment capacity sufficient <br />to meet estimated costs for operation, maintenance, and replacement of <br />project works. The irrigable land acreages for which a \wter supply would <br />be provided are summarized below and are shown on the map on page 5. <br /> <br />Irricable area <br />(Unit--acres) <br />Cattle <br />Creek <br /> <br />Sopris <br />area Total <br />0 75 <br />400 5,089 <br />0 482 <br />0 481 <br />',00 6,127 <br />0 13 <br />485 5,918 <br />0 4,215 <br />0 4.216 <br />485 14,362 <br />(;85 20.469 <br /> <br />area <br /> <br />Carbondale <br />area <br /> <br />Supplemental service land <br />Clas s 1 <br />Class 2 <br />C1as s 3 <br />Class 4p <br />Subtotal <br />Full service land <br />Class 1 <br />Class 2 <br />Clas s 3 <br />Class 4p <br />Subtotal <br />Total <br /> <br />30 <br />4,052 <br />453 <br />453 <br />4,988 <br /> <br />45 <br />637 <br />29 <br />28 <br />739 <br /> <br />3 <br />372 <br />417 <br />418 <br />1.210 <br />1,91JSi <br /> <br />10 <br />5,061 <br />3,798 <br />32798 <br />~,667 <br />17.655 <br /> <br />20 <br />