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Show 50 PROBLEMS OF IMPERIAL, VALLEY AND VICINITY. Ownership.-There are no patented lands in the valley. The area was withdrawn under the reclamation act in 1903 for the proposed Bulls Head reservoir. Area: Acres. Gross.................................................................6,600 Irrigable- Gravity............................................t______..... 1,600 Pumping (40-foot lift)................:___.......v.................2,800 Total.............,.............................................4.400 MOHAVE VALLEY PROJECT. Location and general description.-Mohave Valley is located prin-oipally in Mohave County, Arizona, with a small area on the west side of the river, in Clark County, Nevada, and in San Bernardino County, California. The principal town, Needles, with a population of 2,500, is located on the west Dank of the river. The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad crosses the Colorado River at the lower end of the valley. The main valley extends from Fort Mohave on the north to Topock on the south, a distance of about 25 miles, with a'maximum width of about 5 miles. Regarding this valley, Mr. Homer Hamlin, in his diarv of April 13, 1920, states: The bottom lands in Needles Valley are very low, and a small rise in the river will cause extensive overflow. The river is evidently changing its course at many points. The low bottom lands and rapidly changing river channel will make the irrigation of these lands extremely difficult, if not impossible. The valley is subject to overflow, at least to some extent, for floods of 25,000 second-feet. It would appear, therefore, that even with storage for flood control a levee system will be required in order to reclaim these lands. All odd-numbered sections in the Mohave Valley on the east side of the river and outside of the reservation were granted by the United States to the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad, now the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe. In 1904 these lands were sold &nd are now held by the Cotton Land Co., which planned to reclaim 30,000 acres. All even-numbered sections in Mohave Valley east of the river- about 18,000 acres-were made a part of the Lidian reservation by Executive order of February 2, 1911. In 1912 and 1913 the Indian Service constructed 5 miles of levee. This levee failed in 1914, as also did the levee of the Cotton Land Co. Since that date neither of these levees has been repaired. Land classification and topographic surveys were made of the Mohave Valley in 1903. |
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Original book: [State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde 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, defendants, United States of America, State of Nevada, State of New Mexico, State of Utah, interveners] : |