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<br /> TABLE 5
<br /> STREAMFLOW DATA
<br />I ' Drainage : Period Annual Runoff in Acre-Feet Flow In
<br />I Gage! : Cubic feet/second
<br />Streamflow Station: Area Of I
<br />NO.1 sq. mi. Record mean max. min. max. /2 min.}3
<br /> North Branch - 345 Apr. '64 I 40510/1 10,900 0
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<br /> Big Blue River 426 Sept. '65
<br /> at Surprise
<br />2 i Lincoln Creek 426 Oct. '53 I 33,380 75.510 7,000 10,100 1.3
<br /> near Seward Sept. '65
<br />3 Big Blue River 1,099 Oct. '53 I 76,740 149,000 10,250 15,300 0
<br /> at Seward i I Sept. '65
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<br />4 West Fork -Big ! 1,206 Aug. '58 : 138,300 229,800 67,200 11,200 28
<br /> Blue River near Sept. '65 :
<br /> Dorchester ,
<br />5 Big Blue River 2,716 March '45 i 252,700 494,200 83,590 I 27,600 13
<br /> near Crete Sept. '65 :
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<br />6 Turkey Creek 460 Oct. '59 ! 63,200 122,900 21,380 7,300 0.2
<br /> near Wilber Sept. '65
<br />7 i Big Blue River : 4,444 June'32 : 561,100 1,600,000 83,240 57,700 1/4
<br /> : at Barneston I Sept. '65
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<br />SOURCE: U. S. Geological Survey, Water Supply Papers
<br />1/ - One year of record
<br />2/ - Instantaneous
<br />3/ - Mean daily
<br />4/ - Affected by power plant regulation
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<br />TABLE 6
<br />ACREAGE UNDER IRRIGATION WITH SURFACE WATER RIGHTS*
<br />BIG BLUE BASIN
<br />
<br />STREAM
<br />
<br />SECOND FEET
<br />
<br />163.40
<br />123.18
<br />79.99
<br />30.37
<br />15.70
<br />9.86
<br />11.47
<br />10.90
<br />7.99
<br />5.87
<br />4.86
<br />5.74
<br />469.33
<br />
<br />ACRES
<br />
<br />17,050
<br />14,550
<br />8,220
<br />3,680
<br />1,680
<br />1,140
<br />1,060
<br />760
<br />940
<br />560
<br />430
<br />450
<br />50,520
<br />
<br />Big Blue River
<br />West Fork Big Blue River
<br />Turkey Creek
<br />Lincoln Creek
<br />Swan Creek
<br />Indian Creek
<br />Beaver & Bill's Creeks
<br />Bear Creek
<br />Cub, Crooked & Clatonia Creeks
<br />School, Squaw & Sicily Creeks
<br />Wolf Creek
<br />Middle, Pierce, Spring & Plum Creeks
<br />TOTAL
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<br />* Records to September 30, 1964
<br />SOURCE: Department of Water Resources (2)
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<br />31
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