Marie Templeton's Watershed Page

Marie Templeton

The Interactive Watershed:
The Colorado Cooperative Ditch Company

This is a sample layout--use it as a template if you like. You certainly don't need to use this format, but please include links to your personal home page, the Interactive Watershed Homepage, documentation of your chosen watershed site (text-based description, photographs, GPS coordinates if available, etc.), and, most importantly, your creative response.

A. Marie Templeton's Biography.

B. Documentation of My Site for the Interactive Watershed project

The Colorado Cooperative Ditch: San Miguel River to Nucla. This 15-mile long irrigation ditch was built between 1894 - 1904 to bring water from the San Miguel River to Tabeguache Park, the site of present-day Nucla, Colorado. In order to channel water from the San Miguel river to the plateau, a flume was constructed to raise the water some 300 feet above the canyon. The flumes and trestles were constructed from locally procured lumber.


Overview of region. San Miguel River watershed is outlined in yellow. Click on image to enlarge.	Overview of watershed in GoogleEarth. Note location of Nucla and Headgate of CC Ditch. Click to enlarge.

Road map of vicinity. Starting point of original CC Ditch is shown in pink. Click to enlarge.	Topo Map of area. Approximate pathway of CC Ditch is shown in pink. Click to enlarge.

CC Ditch Grading crew, c. 1900. Click to enlarge.	Headgate camp near the start of the CC Ditch, c.1900. Click to enlarge.

River Measurements
- San Miguel River near CC Ditch (see http://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/River/detail/id/3342/ for daily report)
Geo coordinates
- Lat/Long at CC ditch headgate: Latitude: 38°21169 N Longitude: 108°33724 W

C. Personal Response

Pre-Planning
Process
Final Project