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<br />FRYINGPAN-ARKANSAS PROJECT, COLORADO " '.... , 5
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<br />anJ foothills to the gently rolling high plains, Approximately 38
<br />perce,ot of the cflstern slope project area is below an altitude of
<br />.5~OOO feet, relatively level, and suitable for farming::.
<br />8. Climatd.-The projed, firen has R range of dimat.e from suh-
<br />humid in t.he high mountains to semitlrid in t.he lower altitudes. On
<br />t.he western slope, the village of NRst, locttted just below tbe diversion
<br />area at an altitude of 8.800 feet, has fl menn allllual precipitation of
<br />17.8G inches, an avcrngc 'temperntul'C of 3().60 F '.' find a frost-free period
<br />.avera.ging oilly t36 duys. Corresponding dota for represent,ative
<br />weather statioll.s on the enstern slope nrc-
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<br /> I Prccipila- Tempera- Frost-free
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<br />.----- -....- uu. u, 10.]82 ]803 3.1 6 S3
<br />---.- ----- ... ---.-- 5. :~~.'l ]2.98 .'l:U 168
<br />----.- u," -..--- ---- 4.bO." 11 f;7 .52.0 1;3
<br />---- ---- ----- ----- 1.117 ]2.30 " 1 '"
<br />..----- ---- .--.---- ~ .. :1.615 Hi (15 51,' I lt08
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<br />~). PoplIlah"o/I.-Unofllcinl C'st.imn.t.es place t.he populat.ion of the
<br />llppt~r Uoul'ing Fork River Basin fit LLuoul:r 1,000 }Jermancnt residents,
<br />Asp(~n, the largest communit.}. hnd n. populn.t.ion of 777 in 1940. Other
<br />residents live on ranches or :l,t rcsort,s or in the smn.llcr ,-illnges, .F'ew,
<br />if nn.L persons live in t.he di'-cl'sion urea proper.
<br />10. Tile Jlopulnt.ion of the eLLS tern slope project area reached 278,000
<br />jn 1940, Unoflil'ial loenl est,illllLtes pI need t,he 1948 population at
<br />;302,OOO-a :~.5-perc(-'nt incre.use over }940. Prelilnillary Illlofficial
<br /><durns of (,he 19,)0 census ,!Lsdose thnt Puchlo's 1940 population of
<br />.12,IG2 had increHsed t.o r,:),5(jl nnd Colorndo Springs' populat.ion from
<br />.JG,7S9 to 45,2f)9. Olher sizflhle eOllllllllllit.ics in t.he vnlle,v and their
<br />1940 po]>ul1lt,iolls are L"ad,'i1lc. 4,774; Salid1l, 4,~(;g; Canon City,
<br />'->.,690; La Junt,n, 7,040; finu Lamlll", 4,465.
<br />1 J. p,.e.~'e1lt dcv~'lupmc/lt..- Livest.ock ranching and the recreational
<br />indust,!'.\' rU.C t.he pl'ineiplll business aet.i,-ities in t.he upper ROitring
<br />Fork Basin. III t.iml's pust., lllining wns ext,cl1sivc. This nctivity
<br />had diminislwcJ. bllt the- lnt.ent inuustn- nu1.\' he revivcd. Regist.ered
<br />Hereford 1:11tt.lt-' from tllt~ '''"csl.el'll slop~ }ut\:e received national recog-
<br />nition. 'VinLel' sports, n\l'l\.t.ioning, lm(! sport. fishing are becoming
<br />tncl'f'i\.singly imporltlllt t,hroughout t.he hasin. The diversion urea
<br />])l'Oper has no flll'ming nlt,hough the forcst, is lIsed for grazing,
<br />J2. The uppt'r purt, of t.he Arkansas Vnllcy is similar in "lallY
<br />resp('cts to the upper Hoaring Fork Basin. .Mining is important at
<br />.finu Hear Lell.dville und wint,cr llllll summcr sports bring mnny persons
<br />o (,be arelL. The ('itr of Pueblo is the foeal center for the varied
<br />If trial dCVelOPlll"llt of the mller. The most importltnt indnstrial
<br />rises, based upon t.lle 1930 census of business, inc1ucled 1 st.eel
<br />rut .R cement plnnt, srneltel's, iron foundries, hrick und tile plil11tS,
<br />mil. _line shops, and .ngrieultural l~rOt:essillg pln~t.~, including 23 grain
<br />-elevators, ;3 flour mills: 8 feNI gnndlllg and I1nxlI1g plants, 9 alfalfa
<br />luiH5, <i lnea.lr l>fi.ckln~_J plfLnt.s, :) beet sllg~\r factories, and 5 c~nning
<br />.-plan:s. .'-:-, .
<br />13. Agricultul'e:-h~:)\"evcr, IS the most important industtj... of the
<br />valley. More than 87 percent of the lalld area, incluJing timberland,
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