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Show L Boundarios, xa Sal Indian Allotments June 25, 1923 Boundry Change Koport 1. Location and Area Tho lands covered by the contemplated elimination are: Sections 17, 18, 19, 20, 29, 30, 31 and 32 Township 35 South, Range 21 liast; Sections 13, 24, 25, 36, Township 3b South, Kan^ e 20 i- iast; JSii Section 1, Township 36 ^' outh, Range 2U i^ ast; I!£ Section 6, 2ownship 36 South, Hange 21 ^ ast, and that portion of Section 5 lying to the northwest of the southern rim of ^ ry Wash Canyon, ' i'ownship 36 South, Range 21 iSast, S. L. M. All of this land is unsurveyed. The area is approximately 8,360 acres. 2. Description of Topography Tho topography consists of a series of rather low long ridges having a general northerly and southerly direction making up the drainage of Cottonwood, Hammond, Allen and i> ry V< ash Canyons These ridges are rough 7/ ith considerable solid sandstone lodges and rims. While their slopes are not precipitous the topography is such that travel by any other means than afoot is a> low difficult and hazardous. , J- he four canyons mentioned are all subject to destructive erosion which has reached rather an advanced stage in all of them, with the exception of Brw Wash Canyon. Tae canyons vary in width from a quarter mile in places to several yards in others. Tr. e slope in the canyons themselves is gentle and were it not for the erosion caused by outside factors, these would continue to store rich alluvial deposits from the higher country. The soil is a sandy loam, light and friable, and in the favorable years rreduces partial crops of Indian corn without irrigation. All of th « country outside of the limited alluvial lands along the streams is too rough to be of any value, except for grazing purposes. The area constitutes the extreme limit of what might be properly termed Forest land. The drainage from the ianaa canyons included therein is into the San Juan River via Cottonwood Canyon. 3. Climate While climatological data are not available for this particular portion of the forest, there are figures available from the U. ,/ S. V. eather Bureau for Blanding, Utah which is located approximately ten miles southeast. The elevation avarages from 6,500 to 7,0.00 feet, which is but slightly higher than Blaading. The annual avarage temperature of 49.2 varies, from an avarage minimum of 23.4 in February to an avarage maximum of 70.6 for ^ ulv The avarage' annual precipitation, for Blanding is 18.29 the^ bulk of which is received in January, February, i^ larch, April, October, |