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<br />The topogra1)hy of the irrigable lands is undulating to rolling, but broken <br />somewhat (by ridges and mesas and croased by occasional arroyos rising in <br />the Mesa Mountain divide just west of the project and draining southeasterly <br />across the area into Pine River Valley. Of all the irrigable lands not <br />yet under ditch it is roughly estimated that about 35 per cent of the acre- <br />age is composed of 4 per cent to 10 per cent slopes of less than 500 feet <br />in length, 25 per cent of slopes of similar gradient, but longer, and a.bout <br />25 per cent of slopes with less than 4 per cent gradient. About 15 per <br />cent of the land is nearly level. <br /> <br />The irrigable lands are not rougher of topography than other lands sue- <br /> <br /> <br />'cessfully irrigated in the district. Since the slopes are rather regular <br /> <br /> <br />and high points are well defined with gradient decreasing with distance <br /> <br /> <br />away from them, not much more cost for leveling is estimated than on <br /> <br /> <br />lands of more moderate topography and with high points of less definition <br /> <br /> <br />and more irregularity. <br /> <br />The soils generally are dark brown to red clay loams, ranging to infrequent <br />olay gumbos flats. No real heavy stiff gumbos were observed. The pre. <br />vailing agricultural soil ranges from dark brown clay loam and red olay <br />loam to not heavy friable red clay. The subsoils are usually heavier red <br />brown clay with less loam content and are usually of a good depth, that <br />would not affect land leveling work. More detailed soils information will <br />