. Storage of water on Cache La Poudre and Big Thompson Rivers. re River and BoxElder Creek through the inlet ditch, the floods in Fossil Creek areavailable for filling the reservoir. This creek, although nearly dry apart of the year, at times has contained a great amount of water flow-ing with great velocity to Cache la Poudre River, and the mouthof Fossil Creek being not only below the head of any reservoirinlet ditch but below that of any of the larger canals save one, theCache la Poudre No. 3, some of the water would be lost to the irriga-tors in this valley. These floods soon recede, but t
. Storage of water on Cache La Poudre and Big Thompson Rivers. re River and BoxElder Creek through the inlet ditch, the floods in Fossil Creek areavailable for filling the reservoir. This creek, although nearly dry apart of the year, at times has contained a great amount of water flow-ing with great velocity to Cache la Poudre River, and the mouthof Fossil Creek being not only below the head of any reservoirinlet ditch but below that of any of the larger canals save one, theCache la Poudre No. 3, some of the water would be lost to the irriga-tors in this valley. These floods soon recede, but the creek flowingdirectly into the basin itself, there is, in this case, no limit to the rateat which water can be stored as is the case with some, on account of thelimited capacity of their inlets. A storm occurred June 13, 1901,flooding Fossil Creek, and it is estimated by those who saw this floodthat the water rushing past the place where the dam is now constructed U. S. Dept. of Agr,, Bui. 134, Office of Expt. Stations. Irrigation Investigations. Plate 45 was 6,000 cubic feet per second, a discharge which would fill the res-ervoir in twenty-three hours. These estimates are, doubtless, greatlyexaggerated, but there being no measurements on which to base areliable statement, it remains to be seen just what Fossil Creek will dotoward filling the reservoir. On March 3, 1903, the reservoir hadbeen filled to within 20 inches of the high-water line and the head gateof the inlet ditch was then closed, as surface drainage was expected tocomplete the filling even without the June floods. After completing the reservoir in 1902 some water was securedthrough its inlet, but it is claimed that this was mainly seepage waterwhich should not have been stored. However, it is probable thatnearly all the inlets in the valley are benefited by seepage waterentering them from irrigated lands above. The companys right tothe waters of Fossil Creek when storage is allowable is conceded, butsince t
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