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<br />35
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<br />Fine concrete nggregate material is available in the flood plain of
<br />tbe Soutb Platte RIver upstream and downstream from the da.msite.
<br />Satisfactory sources of coarse nggregate material were Jor.ated at.
<br />Greeley, Colo" and along Cleor Creek between Golden and Denver,
<br />Colo, Another source to be considered is nt Big Springs, N ebr,
<br />Three sources of riprap \'..'ere considered: The Fremont Butte, 3
<br />to 4 miles northwest of Akron, Colo.; the southwest Akron area, 8
<br />to 9 miles soutbwest or Akron} and the Ralston quarry near GotdeD,
<br />Colo, Quality-or-rock tests and haulage-cost stlldies indicnte,1 that.
<br />the Ralstoo quarry is preferable.
<br />Suitfl.ble materiOJ for rond and high\\.aJ construction is uvailable. in
<br />the alen. Ma.teriJ.l for railrond bll.llast, ncrept.nble to t~e Union
<br />Pacific Railroad, eun be obtained from their own Sherman Hill Qunrry
<br />in Wyomlrl:?, 126 miles rrom }l'Ol't 1vIorgnu, Colo,
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<br />TABLE .5.-RIGHT.OF.WAY REQUIREMEriTS AriD LAND USE
<br />Ilnlcre3\
<br />
<br />PurpoSl
<br />
<br />FeI El5ement
<br />
<br />Total
<br />
<br />Landacqui3ltion:
<br />riurowsDlm.nd Res.rvoJr(USBR)....._.__________...
<br />R.crestlan (Nlt/ansl P.rk Ser~ic')__ __"_ .____________. _'.
<br />Fjsh.ndwildJile(FishlndWildUl,Servlce).___._ .'
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<br />Total.._...........____________.________
<br />
<br />127,786 J2,130
<br />2,810_
<br />3,520
<br />]4,]16 2,\30
<br />
<br />29,915
<br />2,810
<br />3,520
<br />36,246
<br />
<br />Rllht.ol.w.y I.~d use:
<br />lrrIKIledcropl.nd._____. _____________..
<br />Pulure_________________....._.____.. _____________..
<br />g~e~r~~~~~dn-d.t: ;,iM-eliisin.eii.'.. ~ ~:::: = ::: . - -. - ---- -'.
<br />Rivar.nd wast.l.nd.___.. ....______.._..___________
<br />
<br />I~:ng--.. --Tiio-
<br />1,900__
<br />2.916..________._
<br />8.170._________.__.
<br />
<br />7,030
<br />16,230
<br />1.900
<br />2,916
<br />8.170
<br />36,246
<br />
<br />TotlL___________
<br />
<br />34,116
<br />
<br />2,130
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<br />RIGHTS-OF-W A Y
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<br />Rights-Dr-way would be Ilcquired in o.ccordance v.ith ~mrrent policy.
<br />The land tLcquisit.ion proposed is adequat.e for construct~oD and opera-
<br />tion and maintenance of Narrows Dam and ReSerYOlf and the as-
<br />soc.iated relocations. Additional lands for recreation and fish and
<br />wildlife developments at (,be resenoir and at existing Jaekson Lake
<br />would be acquired as specified b.y the National Park SerV1ce and t.he
<br />Bureau of Sport Fishenes and Wildlife,
<br />The small settlemenls or Weldon a, Goodrich, and Orchard are
<br />'H-':ithin the normal resen.oir take line. These are communities wiLb
<br />populntions of less than 100 that. have shown little B,'ideuce of.develop-
<br />ment for fl number of year5. They are not served by communIt.y wat.er
<br />or sanitary sewer systems. . .
<br />The Bureau of Mines studied the Narrows Dnrn and ResenTOlr 91tes
<br />and reported thnt. petroleum flnd nat.unll gas ore tl1e only s~gni~can.t
<br />mineral reSOllrces. The small field hflS sho.....n n stendy declIne 10 oil
<br />production since 1956. or 108 wells that. bave been drill~d with~n the
<br />flood control --pool elevation, 74 wells bud been abandon~d whIle 34
<br />wells were still producing as of October 1965. It WflS estlmaleu Lhnt
<br />flbout 20 oC those 34 wells Lad signifko.nt primary and secondnry
<br />reser'..es of oil and gas. Rights-oC-way cost. estimates for. the unit
<br />jnclude funds deemed adequate for t.he llcquisition and cappmg of t.he
<br />relllftiniug 34 producing wells, to ill~ure tile proper cappmg o~ d~Rn-
<br />doned wens] Rnd for the acquisition and abandonment. of pIpelmes
<br />tbat, will no longer be needed, "
<br />Costs for fee title lands include the cost of purchaSing assoelllted
<br />water right.s. Flood easements \\-ould be obtained for lands bet\\~ell
<br />tbe ree title take line establisbed for all purposes and the contour Ime
<br />at tbe top of tbe flood control pool. A sllmmary of tbe estimated
<br />right.s-oC-way requirements ror all purposes and the present laud use IS
<br />presented in table 5.
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<br />IIneludes855acrn r'IGc.\ions Gubide the reservoir ta\o,e line. Also in~ludes190.cr'!to b'u5,d jolnUy for rltrlllion
<br />.nd 3 700 Icres to b. us,d jolnlly for fuh llnd wild Ill, th.t nGrm.lly would be obt.in.d in USBR flood en.m,nt.
<br />'I"elude, 130 Icre! relQCllIon e.sement oubideth. reservoir te~,ljn,.
<br />
<br />JACKSON I~A KE
<br />
<br />HOUSTNG AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES
<br />
<br />Development of Jack~on Lake.] B.n exieting.pri.vately owned ~eservoir,
<br />is proposed {or recreatlOD and fisb and wildlife purposes. fhe ll,Lke
<br />is formed by a concrete-faced eartbfill dam located about 9 miles
<br />northwest of the Narrows Dam site. It is filled from an inlet canal
<br />which diverts from tbe South Platte River, Water stored in the lake
<br />is released to the river through an out.let canal o.nd then rediverted
<br />to serve the ditch companies and ind!vhl~als o~ni~g Jack~oJl Lake
<br />'....aLer rights, The Fort Morgan IrrIgatIOn DiStrIct, which owns
<br />approximately two-trueds of the rights, diverts its water fr?m lhe
<br />South Platte Riyer inlo the Fort Morgan Canal about 6 nules up-
<br />stream from the Narrows Dam site. The remainder of tbe right,s are
<br />delivered tbrough other systems including the Upper Platte and
<br />Beaver, Lower Platte and Beal;er, and Deuel and Snyder ditc?es
<br />whicb divert.. tbeir water downstream from the Narrows Dam SIte.
<br />Since the priority date or the storage right is relatively ear.ly,
<br />Mav 18, 1901, Jackson Lake is filled to Its 35,400 acre-foot c~paClty
<br />and' emptied nearly every year, When filled, tbe lake has a surface
<br />areR. of about 2,500 acres at elevation 4,440, The surface area of
<br />tbe dead pool is about 700 acres, 'l'be darn controls tbe runoff from
<br />approximately 5 730 acres which lie io the north of the lnke, However,
<br />most of the ru~off from this area is intercepted by tbe Riverside
<br />Canal wbicb ir~verses tbe west nnd north sides of tbe lake,
<br />Irrigation slorage and service now provided by Jackson Lake
<br />\\.'ould be tra.nsferred to the Narrows Reservoir. The inlet canaJ,
<br />Jnckson Luke, and the outlet cnnnl would become Federal facilities
<br />for recreatioll and fish and wildlife enhnncement, In the operalIOn of
<br />Jackson Lake for these purposes the mnximum WEtter snrfn.ce elevation
<br />would be 4436,0. Losses from evn.poration and seepage would be
<br />replaced by diversiolls from tlJe SOlIth Platte River. ,
<br />The Fort iVlorga.n Canal diversion dn.m on the South Plotte Rlver
<br />and that portion of the canal t.o Narrows Dllm would be inundated
<br />by Narrows Reservoir find abandoIled. .
<br />Some rehabilitl\tion of Jncksoll Lake Du.m would be reqUlred to
<br />minimize maintenance and eliminate potential aod existing safety
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<br />Tbe constrllction headquarters office prooably would be loc.ted at
<br />Fort. Morgfl.ll] Colo. Adequate housing and communit.y facilities e.xist
<br />witbin reasonuble comllluting distunee, A field ollice would he reqllJred
<br />near Narrows Dum during construction activities.
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