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-~~ ~ ~ There .,are severalsmall hay fields-located in lower Hubberson Gulcfi-from-apprgximately one-quarter <br />mile southeast of the Smith ranch house to its confluence with Watering Trough Gulch (Dry Creek) near <br />the Hayden Divide county road. Since 1 989, these fields have increased in size from about 14.5 to 26 <br />acres. The fields are flood irrigated with water diverted from Hubberson Gulch, and are partially sub- <br />irrigated as well. The irrigation ditch runs along the east side of the field southeast of the Smith ranch <br />house, and then switches to the west side of the fields before rejoining the stream down valley from <br />the last point where water is taken out of the ditch. The hay crop is composed primarily of mixed <br />- grasses with a production of about 2.5 tons of grass per-acre-per year which is in the middle of the <br />range of production for irrigated grass hayland in Routt County. <br />The mountain portion of the main stem of Dry Creek is characterized by being deeply incised for most <br />of its length. The upland areas adjacent to the stream channel are too high above the level of the <br />stream to be subirrigated. These upland areas support a variety of native shrublands that are used <br />primarily as areas for livestock grazing. There are three hay fields located in upper Dry Creek <br />approximately 0.5 miles downstream from the confluence of Hubberson Gulch (Section 91. The <br />uppermost field was mapped as dryland agriculture because it occurs on an area above the stream <br />channel--that is not subirrigated and also it is not flood irrigated. This site may be irrigated with a well <br />(Olson's flowing bedrock welll. The crop being grown is grass hay. The other two small hay fields <br />occur just upstream from a breached reservoir (J.C. Temple Reservoir ri21. These fields support a grass. <br />hay crop, occur on valley fill deposits, and are subirrigated. These are the only subirrigated hay crops <br />on upper Dry Creek. <br /> <br />7g Revised 9/98 <br /> <br /> <br />