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<br />2214 <br />.. <br /> <br />'J <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />". <br /> <br />'" <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />Curecanti Heservoir site (for,Clcrl~- kno.in as Cilnarron) in the speC- <br /> <br /> <br />tacular Elack Canyon of the Gunnison, lies partially in Gunnison and <br /> <br /> <br />partially in Montrose Counties, Colorado. The dam site is a short dis- <br /> <br /> <br />tance below the village of Cimarron, which is about 20 miles east of <br /> <br /> <br />Hontrose, Colorado, on U. S. highway 50. The proposed dam will be about <br /> <br /> <br />600 feet high and Will be located in the narrow canyon downstream from <br /> <br /> <br />the mouth of the Cimarron River. The arm of the reservoir formed along <br /> <br /> <br />the Gunnison River will be confined within the narrow rugged canyon for <br /> <br /> <br />its entire length of approximately 11 miles. The proposed Blue Mesa <br /> <br /> <br />dam and reservoir is located at the upper end of this arm and the normal <br /> <br /> <br />water levels of the two reservoirs are to be at the. same elevation of <br /> <br /> <br />7,335 feet. The Cimarron River, except for a short distance above its <br /> <br /> <br />mouth, traverses rather open and rolling country so t hat the arm of the <br /> <br /> <br />reservoir for1lU3d along this stream will Widen to more than a mile at <br /> <br /> <br />its widest point and Will be approximately 6 miles l~ng. <br /> <br /> <br />Replacement and pcwer are the purposE:ll for Which this <br /> <br /> <br />reservoir is intended. The proposed water surface elevation with cor- <br /> <br /> <br />responding capacities and area acres of the various pools as plann~d for <br /> <br /> <br />the operation of the reservoir are shown on the accompanying operations <br /> <br /> <br />chart. Had the reservoir been in operation during the l'eriod 1930-1941, <br /> <br /> <br />considerable variation of the water surface elevation ':lOuld have occurred <br /> <br /> <br />from year to year J and during the months of July, hugust and September <br /> <br /> <br />of each year, considerable drawdown would have occurre~ <br /> <br /> <br />A portion or U. S. highway 50 will be inundated by the <br /> <br /> <br />reservoir and it will require relocating, <br /> <br />30 <br />