Images from the Bessemer Project
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Images from the Bessemer Project
Illustrations for Extended Report
To accompany report to NOAA David Yates, P.I., and John Wiener,
Decision Support for Climate-Responsive Urban and Agricultural
Water Supply and Demand
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Locator MapBessemer isAdjacent to andEast of PuebloColorado
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Aerial View ofBessemer andenvirons in a wet time before planting
Saint CharlesRiver
Six Mile CreekNote vegetationmuch greater than in recent years
Huerfano River
Arkansas River
City of Pueblo
Fountain Creek
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Convert to wetlands, extending what is there?Would take water for that purpose, but seasonalitymight be different from most crops
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Fields desirable to convert to wildlife support on Saint Charles River
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With the ethanol boom and the spike in corn prices, there is now more
Note: areas north of the Arkansas River are not irrigated by the Bessemer
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This is the year after the 2002 DroughtWe used this data set for analysis because it is public information not used for taxation
See photo of “headwaters” of 6 Mile Creek
Note: areas north of the Arkansas River are not irrigated by the Bessemer
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A lot of parcels were fallow – partly result of the drought
Note: areas north of the Arkansas River are not irrigated by the Bessemer
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The red fields here are the fallow and also the not-irrigated in 2003 – that’s a large amount of land!
Note: areas north of the Arkansas River are not irrigated by the Bessemer
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Here’s one view of the irrigation in usein 2003… from CDSS
Note: areas north of the Arkansas River are not irrigated by the Bessemer