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Show 79 ture is 58 degrees, mean annual precipitation is 17.05 inches and the frost-free period is 168 days. Towns are small; the largest is Reserve, New Mexico, with a population of approximately 500. Stock raising, farming, lumbering and a few recreational enterprises constitute the basis of the economy.33 6. Area 6-Gila. Of the many streams in this area the most important is the upper reach of the main Gila River. The total drainage in Area 6 is 3,363 square miles. The Gila rises in high mountains, flows through narrow valleys for about 70 miles, traverses Cliff Valley and then flows through intermittent canyons to the Virden Valley at the state line. Elevations range from 3,800 to 10,778 feet. At Cliff Valley elevation is 4,800 feet, mean annual temperature is 56 degrees, mean annual precipitation is 15.12 inches and the frost-free period is 158 days. In addition to Cliff -Gila, population 400, the other center of population in the area is Virden with a population of less than 1,000. Other towns nearby, but outside the basin, are Silver City, population 8,500, and Lordsburg, population 4,000. The area is serviced by railroads and highways and the primary occupations of its inhabitants are mining, cattle raising and 3 1 irrigation farming. 7. Area 7-San Simon. The San Simon Creek in this area is an ill-defined stream draining only 383 square miles. The drainage area is a dish-shaped valley between two mountain ranges and Rodeo is its one village. Mean annual temperature is 55.5 degrees, mean annual precipitation is 18.52 inches and the frost-free period is 178 days.35 33Tr. 17275-17277 (Hale). 3iTr. 17277-17278 (Hale). 35Tr. 17279 (Hale). |
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Original Report: State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Imperial Irrigation District, Coachella Valley County Water District, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Los Angeles, California, City of San Diego, California, and County of San Diego, California |