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Show 2. Land Inundation and Population Displacement The Problem The acquisition of property in reservoir areas as related to displacement of persons, local govern- mental tax losses, and payment to local governments in lieu of taxes. The Situation The reservoir program for the Missouri Basin, as proposed in 1949, contemplated 151 reservoirs inundating some 2.5 million acres. The distribu- tion of these reservoirs and the lands to be flooded are: Area Corps of Engineers Number Thousand Bureau of Reclamation Number Thousand acres Total Number Thousand acres Upper watershed. Western plains... Eastern plains... Lower basin..... 7 4 14 869 188 570 53 37 34 2 172 190 460 14 53 44 38 16 172 1,059 648 584 Total. 25 1,627 126 836 151 2,463 The distribution of these reservoirs by States: The location of these farm families by States: Number Thousand acres Montana...................... 26 262 Wyoming.................... 25 9 103 704 North Dakota___............. South Dakota.................. 15 468 Colorado... ..... .... 23 68 Nebraska.................... 30 181 Kansas........................ 15 232 Missouri...................... 8 445 Total.................... 151 2,463 The estimated number of farm families to be dis- placed by this program is: Montana Wyoming North Dakota South Dakota Colorado.... Nebraska Kansas...... Missouri Total.. Corps of Engi- neers 0 0 700 500 100 100 600 ,900 3,900 Bureau of Rec- lama- tion 100 100 100 100 100 400 300 0 1,200 Total 100 100 800 600 200 500 900 1,900 5,100 Area Upper water-shed Western plains.. Eastern plains. . . Lower basin .... Total..... Farm families in reservoir sites Corps of En- gineers Bureau of Recla- mation 0 1,100 400 2,400 3,900 200 300 600 100 1,200 Total 200 1,400 1,000 2,500 5,100 There are about 500 other families affected be- sides those on the reservoir sites. They live mostly in nearby villages and provide services to farm people. These families are not included in any of the totals shown. Nearly half of the farm families on proposed reservoir sites are in the lower basin, although only one-fourth of the acreage of reservoir sites is in this area. There are about four farm families for each thousand acres in these sites. In the upper water- shed there is only about one family per thousand acres, while the figures for the western and eastern plains are 1.3 and 1.5, respectively. For the whole 230 |
