Images from the Bessemer Project
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Transcript of Images from the Bessemer Project
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
Locator MapBessemer isAdjacent to andEast of PuebloColorado
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
Convert to wetlands, extending what is there?Would take water for that purpose, but seasonalitymight be different from most crops
Fields desirable to convert to wildlife support on Saint Charles River
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
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
A lot of parcels were fallow – partly result of the drought
Note: areas north of the Arkansas River are not irrigated by the Bessemer
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
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