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• SOIL SUR7e+•:' Or i::r ?OT1LT.'~4 COTJtiT'' A33A, COL03AC0. <br />moulder Count° area is in north-central Colorado. I: <br />makes uo the eastern part o: °oulder Count~• snd is at~out <br />241,920 acres in site. The eastern Dart o° the area <br />is rolling alsins and valleys, and most o: the acraac-e <br />is irriastad cropland. The ?rinci~al croon gown arai <br />corn, sugar baets, alfalfa, snd small train, slthougYi <br />vegetable crops snd beans sra also rros+n. Cattle <br />."eedin~ is sn i?aor`_snt enterprise in this Dart of tY:e <br />.ores, The western part o' the area is :'oothills and <br />?ountains. In the past, the acreage has taer, used 'or <br />gracing '_i •: estock. Tn recent •:esrs, ho•~e••er, much o" <br />the Area has `peen use•3 for ~irban snd in-!ustrial ie•:e- <br />loement, snd for recreational uses. <br /> <br />The Boulder Area is ~oratec slon~ the east 'lank o° tha <br />Colorado =ror.t :l anx:e in the nor t':-central hart o" the <br />crate, the eastern ~,rt o"' t':.e Aras is within the <br />• Colorado 'ie~nont section o.' the Crest 'Bins ph••sio- <br />-rsphic ~ro~ince, snd the Western ^srt lies within the <br />Front ~anr'? section o: the Sout::ern Roc'%- "o+intsin <br />~roTince. T:^.e ele•ation o=' tine 4rea rsnTes -"rpm a'^out <br />µ,q00 feet s'_on~ tk:e eastern eci;e, to shout ?,200 feet <br />in the south+~estern part. <br />The Area is ~rsina•i *-- tributaries o? the South Platte <br />3i':er. The ~^s'nr trih~~tsries are St,"rain Creek, t,eft- <br />hand Creek,Boulder Cree';, sn' Cosl Cree:t. These stre~ara <br />originate in the no~,ntsinous -;art of *^e Area snd <br />'low throuaa it in 3n easterl- or northeasterl~~ ^irec- <br />tion. <br />The principal towns are 9oulder, Long.nont, and 9room- <br />field. Boulder in 1970 had a copulation of X5,870; <br />Longnont, 23,209; and 9roonfield 7,251. Smaller town: <br />in the Area are Tafs•:ette, T_ouisville, and L^ons'. <br />i <br />~~~'ri,re~-~ <br />