15 days PMF Routing MWS Elev . The Uncompahgre Project is on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains in west-central Colorado. Project lands surround the town of Montrose and extend 34 miles along both sides of the Uncompahgre River to Delta, Colorado. The systems divert water from the Uncompahgre and Gunnison Rivers to serve over 76,000 acres of project land. Almost 76,300 acres of land receive a full irrigation water supply from the facilities of the project.
Principal crops are alfalfa, wheat, corn, oats, potatoes, beans, barley, onions, and fruit.
The project plan provides for storage in Taylor Park Reservoir on the Taylor River, which is a part of the Gunnison River Basin, and diversion of water from the Gunnison River by the Gunnison Diversion Dam through the Gunnison Tunnel and the South Canal to the Uncompahgre River. To distribute the waters of the Gunnison and Uncompahgre Rivers, the South and West Canals were constructed and the larger existing private canals, that take water directly from the Uncompahgre River, were purchased, then enlarged and extended. Laterals were constructed to deliver water from the South Canal to project lands. There are 438 miles of laterals which distribute water to project lands. A system of subsurface drains totaling 216 miles has been constructed.