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The irrigation water is owned by Cecil Farnsworth through shares of the Wade Hightower Ditch. <br /> This ditch brings water to the site from south of the permit area. <br /> The surrounding area has historically been used for a) gravel extraction from the river b) irrigated <br /> field and c)fruit orchard,which is located south and west of the permit area. <br /> The river is also used for recreation, such as kayaking and fishing, when water levels permit. Mid- <br /> summer, fall,winter and early spring flows are generally low, less than 100 cfs. <br /> An existing pond near the southwest portion of the permit area was installed by the landowner, <br /> Farnsworth, in the 1980's. This pond has approved water rights for evaporation and has a surface <br /> area of 0.57 acres and will not be mined during the process of this permit but will remain as it exists <br /> now. <br /> The land immediately east of the permit area is also owned by Farnsworth and has been used as a <br /> bench area for the Farnsworth Gravel Pit#2 (M-1982-154),which extracts gravel from the river it- <br /> self, depending upon annual deposition. This area is flat and void of topsoil. The other adjacent pit is <br /> the River Bottom Land Pit owned by the River Bottom Land Corporation(M-1992-100), located <br /> immediately north of this permit area. The facilities for this pit area are located on the other side of <br /> the river,as shown on Map E-1. These facilities will be used to process the gravel from the permit <br /> area for the North Fork Pit. <br /> 6. Soils <br /> The Paonia Area SCS Soils Survey Sheet 16 shows that the area for this 110 permit consists of two <br /> soil types, which are listed below. The approximate soil boundaries are shown on Map Exhibit B-1. <br /> 35 -Fluvaquents, flooded, on floodplains and low terraces, 0 to 8 percent slopes. <br /> 42 -Glenton Fine Sandy Loam, on floodplains and low terraces, 0 to 3 percent slopes <br /> It is necessary to point out that the site was graded many years ago for irrigation, so that the original <br /> soils were disturbed and in some places,removed. It is expected that the average topsoil thickness <br /> that can be stripped from the site is 4 inches. This includes the fact that none will be stripped from <br /> the existing small pond that is part of the mining area as well as a portion of the site which was pre- <br /> viously dozed, which has gravel immediately on the surface. Below the topsoil is a layer(<3 feet) <br /> of subsoil/overburden exists before the gravel deposit is reached. As described in the mining plan, <br /> all topsoil will be salvaged and used in reclamation. Since much more topsoil will be stripped than is <br /> 6 <br /> North Fork Pit March 04 <br />