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<br />• <br />Section 785.19(c) Continued <br />Revised 1/28/80 <br />No. 1 of this systen aze located in a different watershed from the study <br />area. Although no records of consumptive use are available fran the <br />Division 6 State Engineer's Office, the pond and ditch systan was apparently <br />abandoned in the early 1900's for reasons of poor water availability. <br />According to the original decree of October 8, 1906, ditches 3, 4 and 5 <br />were to irrigate a total of 467 acres <br />Of this acreage, 70 acres are <br />within the study area. <br />The presence of past irrigation activity in the vicinity of the study <br />area does not conclusively indicate the presence of an alluvial valley <br />floor. The OSM Technical Guideline states, "The existence of present or <br />past flood irrigation is direct evidence that the area is an alluvial <br />valley floor, unless flood irrigation was attempted and later discontinued <br />because of unacceptable water quantity, quality, and/or soil conditions... <br />Data for identification of these areas may be obtained fran: ...(b) <br />Conversations with resource managers and field personnel familiaz with <br />past management problems." <br />Conversations sere held with the staff at the Division 6 State Engineer's <br />Office in Steamboat Springs in June, 1979 and January, 1980. Based on <br />these wnversations, the success of flood irrigation in Routt County <br />depends on site-specific conditions, and the Eclanan Park Reservoir and <br />785-9(x) <br />