. Water Supply and Irrigation Papers of the United States Geological Survey. 4. EAST PARK DAM SITE ON LITTLE STONY CREEK. ^■m«K^_ m -• •V ■ 1 • ^ ■ tf ...., feiZ >A*r- 5*»%kjutefii^ •fjC ~^v^--**^_^^^ if. STONY CREEK GAGING STATION, NEAR FRUTO. SACRAMENTO RIVER BASIN. 169 favorable sites for dams and reservoirs. The basin ranges in eleva-tion from a few hundred feet in the valley to 6,000 feet or more atthe summit of the range. This basin is covered with a good forest growth of grass and densebrush at the lower elevations and heavy commercial timber on themountain summits
. Water Supply and Irrigation Papers of the United States Geological Survey. 4. EAST PARK DAM SITE ON LITTLE STONY CREEK. ^■m«K^_ m -• •V ■ 1 • ^ ■ tf ...., feiZ >A*r- 5*»%kjutefii^ •fjC ~^v^--**^_^^^ if. STONY CREEK GAGING STATION, NEAR FRUTO. SACRAMENTO RIVER BASIN. 169 favorable sites for dams and reservoirs. The basin ranges in eleva-tion from a few hundred feet in the valley to 6,000 feet or more atthe summit of the range. This basin is covered with a good forest growth of grass and densebrush at the lower elevations and heavy commercial timber on themountain summits. About three-fourths of the upper basin is in-cluded in a national forest reserve. The mean annual precipitation varies from 18 inches in the valleyto 40 inches or more on the mountain summits, where more or lessof it occurs as snowfall. The worst freshets occur during the winter. For years Stony Creek has been used as a source of water forirrigation on a small scale in the northeastern part of Glenn United States Reclamation Service now has
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