The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-07-12
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portion Of the project now being
irrigated. The main areas put in
Class 2 on account of topography
includes Glass I soil, and linn
tied area because of drainage con-
ditions. Class 3 lands include por-
tons 50 classed because Of less
favorable soil drainage or topog-
raphic conditions.
Areas with Class 2 and 3 topog-
raphy but with Class and 2 soil
in many cases have good air drain
age and are therefore Of more val
ue for fruit raising purposes than
Glass I lands less favorably loca-
ted.
S. .IRRIGATING AREAS The
Bureau places the irrigable area
at $4,000 acres, which may be re-
duced later to 30,400 by deduct
ing roads and non-production
features. The area is divided into
the several classes as follows:
Class Area in class
/ 8,122.95 acres
2 1O,812.35 acres
8 9,903.00 acres
s 1,561.70 acres
6. LAND OWNERSHIP The ap-
proximate percentages Of the own
ership Of the district lands is as
follows:
Kennewick Irrigation District 1870
Privately owned mot irrigated
1870
Northern Pacific Railway 1870
Privately owned GrrigateO 1870
United States 15%
County go
State go
1000 1000
z. WATER SUPPLY AND IRRI-
CATION PLAN In the last few
:: months a study Of the water flow
in the Yakima River has convinced
the Re clamation Bureau there is
sufficient water available to irri-
gate the proposed project without
the necessity of using any Of the
present storage supply. This state
ment was made in connection with
the plan advanced by Mr.. Parker
of the Bureau to pump the water
directly from the river at or near
Kiona. While the District has a
contract in force with the u. s.
Government for the purchase Of
1900 acre feet of water per year,
the back-flow from the upper
Yakima projects lying below the
Sunnyside diversion dam furnishes
an ample supply for this district
and will not deprive the upper
Yakima projects of any stream
flow or storage water now avail
able to them.
Present plans of the Bureau
are to pump directly out Of the
Yakima River at or near Kiona.
The lift is approximately 200 feet.
The present power facilities near
Prosser could be used and addi-
tional power purchased from Bon
neville or If less expensive, the
Prosser plant may be discontinued
or diverted to other purposes and
all Of the power purchased from
Bonneville. The Pacific Power &
Light Co. at present distributes the
power from the Prosser plant to
district and If direct lines from
Bonneville are not available sim
liar arrangements may be made
by the Bureau for future deliv-
cry.
8. COSTS The per acre cost Of
construction cannot be determined
until the Bureau of Reclamation
has completed estimates in con-
nection with the proposed pump
ing unit. We have been assured
by the Bureau that these esd-
mates will be made at the earl
lest possible date.
8. AGRICULTURE ADAPTA-
TON The area will probably av-
erage somewhat better than the
Sunnyside division for early
truck and orchard crops and will
be comparable with that division
for general farming. z
The present irrigated section Of
the district is devoted generally to
growing asparagus, grapes, mint,
alfalfa, early truck crops, cherries,
apricots and peaches. The district
is also particularly successful in
the raising of poultry, particularly
turkeys, and in the production Of
dairy products.
The soil and climatic conditions
characteristic Of the District and