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MONTANA 19U 



Paving: 4,250 square yards. 

 Cement used: 2,781 barrels. 

 Concrete placed: 2,888 cubic yards. 



Agricultural and Climatic Conditions. 



Area for which service is prepared to I'uniish water, season 1913: 2G,649 acres. 



Area irrigated season of 1913: None to June 30. 



Length of irrigating season: May 1 to September 30, 153 days. 



Average elevation of irrigable area: 3,850 feet above sea level. 



Average annual rainfall on irrigable area: 16 inches; 10.32 inches in 1912. 



Range of temperature on irrigable area: -44 to 100 degrees. 



Character of soil of irrigable area: Principally rich, sandy loam; some gravelly 

 loam and gumbo. 



Principal markets: Great Northern Railway towns from St. Paul to the Pacific 

 Coast. Local demand for hay for stock feeding. 



Principal products: Hay, grain and vegetables. 



FLATHEAD (INDIAN) PROJECT. 

 Location. 



Counties: Flathead, Missoula, Sanders. 



Townships: 15 to 25 North, Ranges 17 to 25 West, Montana Meridian. 



Railroad: Northern Pacific. 



Railroad stations: Evaro, Arlee, Ravalli, Dixon and Perma, Montana. 



Water Supply. 



Source of water supply: Flathead, Jocko and Little Bitter Root Rivers; Mud, 

 Crow, Post, Mission, Dry, Finley, Agency, Big Knife and Valley Creeks, and about 

 60 smaller streams. 



Area of drainage basin: 8,000 square miles. 



Annual run-off in acre-feet of Flathead River at Poison, 1908 to 1911: Mean, 

 8,420,000. 



Data for Complete Project. 



Reservoirs: IG; aggregate area, 117,550 acres; aggregate capacity, 1,944,970 

 acre-feet as follows 



Reservoir. 





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Big Draw 



Dog Lake 



Dry Fork 



Flathead Lake (Newell Dam) 



Flubbart 



Kickinghorse 



Little Bitter Root Lake 



Lower Crow Creek 



McConnell 



^McDonald Lake 



Mission 



Ninepipe 



Pablo 



Poison 



St. Mary's Lake 



Twin 



Acres. 



901 



160 



250 



107,000 



480 



675 



3,000 



300 



100 



220 



300 



2,100 



1,630 



70 



300 



70 



Acre-Ft. 



9,330 



3,200 



1,918 



1,800,000 



20,000 

 6.800 

 6,000 

 9,485 

 2,000 



10,600 

 8,300 



29,600 



15,100 

 1,700 



25,000 

 937 



Feet. 



100 



100 



1,000 



50 



20 

 100 



200 

 100 



50 



Feet. 



25 

 30 

 25 

 180 

 108 

 23 

 3 

 82 

 40 

 51 

 74 

 36 

 30 

 80 

 52 

 25 



-It is not unusual for Montana farmers to pay for their land with one crop. 



