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Colorado Conservation Security Program 2008 Priority Watershed

About the Upper Arkansas-John Martin Reservoir Watershed

Land Use Percentage
Irrigated Cropland 9%
Non-irrigated Cropland 19%
Rangeland 72%

The Upper Arkansas-John Martin Reservoir Watershed covers approximately 2,456,473 surface acres in portions of Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas, Lincoln, and Prowers counties. A very small portion of the watershed crosses into southwestern Kansas in Greeley and Hamilton counties. The watershed includes 846 farms on 1,925,255 acres. Additional data concerning this watershed can be found on the Environmental Protection Agency's Surf Your Watershed website.
 

Upper Arkansas-John Martin Reservoir Watershed Map

These documents may require Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel.

Adobe Acrobat DocumentUpper Arkansas-John Martin Reservoir Fact Sheet (704 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentUpper Arkansas-John Martin Reservoir Map (251 KB)


Additional information about this conservation program can be found on the National NRCS website.

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