. Water Supply and Irrigation Papers of the United States Geological Survey . B. HEADWORKS OF FLUME OF TRUCKEE RIVER GENERAL ELECTRICCOMPANY AT FLORISTON, CAL. TAYLOR.] IRRIGATION. 75 means of drain ditches, before it reenters the river, and LI,966 acresare supplied from various tributary streams. (Sec figs. L9 and 20.)Of the latter area, 10,621 acres are irrigated from SteamboatCreek and its tributaries, though the supply is sometimes short. Allof these lauds are in the State of Nevada, about 959 acres being. PlG. 80.—Map showing location of irrigation canals in eastern portion of the Truckee
. Water Supply and Irrigation Papers of the United States Geological Survey . B. HEADWORKS OF FLUME OF TRUCKEE RIVER GENERAL ELECTRICCOMPANY AT FLORISTON, CAL. TAYLOR.] IRRIGATION. 75 means of drain ditches, before it reenters the river, and LI,966 acresare supplied from various tributary streams. (Sec figs. L9 and 20.)Of the latter area, 10,621 acres are irrigated from SteamboatCreek and its tributaries, though the supply is sometimes short. Allof these lauds are in the State of Nevada, about 959 acres being. PlG. 80.—Map showing location of irrigation canals in eastern portion of the Truckee Basin. 1. (?) 6. Fellnagle ditch. 11. Hill ditch. 2. (?) 7. OBrien ditch. 12. (?)8. Wadswort h irrigating ditch. 13. (?) 4. (?) 5. Herman ditch. 9. Olinghouse Proctor ditch. between the California-Nevada boundary line and the junction ofHunter Creek with Truckee River; 30,000 acres are in the IJeno Val-ley; 8,500 acres are in the Washoe, Pleasant, and Steamboat valleys,to the south of the Reno Valley, and 2,925 acres are along the riverbelow Vista, 500 acres of which are on the Pyramid Lake IndianReservation and are cultivated by the Pinte number of discharge measurements were made of the principali canals diverting water from Truckee River for the irrigation of theselands, but no attempt was made to ascertain the amount of watertaken from the river by the numerous small ditches, nor were any of 76 WATER STORAGE IN THE TRUCKEE BASIN. [NO. 68. the ditches below the Reno Valley mea
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