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<br />r <br /> <br />. "". <br /> <br />.</}~ <br /> <br />"-.-'. <br />....~ : :;- ..,::= "~. <br /> <br />002090 <br /> <br />'.'.- ~-'- <br /> <br />.,' ."-: ;:. <br />. ,-;. <br /> <br />....... <br /> <br />16 <br /> <br />Kansas State Board of Agriculture <br /> <br />~r <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />"." '. <br /> <br />". ." <br />:.:' >:':-:-.'-/ - <br /> <br />homa. There arc numerous other tributaries within the basin. The <br />larger ones, which drain more than 75 square miles each, are listed <br />in the table shown below. From this table it will be noted that the <br />Cottonwood river at its mouth' drains 1,830 square miles as com- <br />pared with the Neosho drainage area at that point of only 825 square <br />miles. This makes the tributary more than twice the size of the <br />main stream. A more important fact is tbat the area above tbe <br />junction constitutes 46 percent of the total drained by the Neosho <br />river in Kansas. <br /> <br />", ..... ..;::.->~: <br /> <br />:~:.'i::::~:!!;'~.;t:;~:i~b:i:f/g <br /> <br />~,,:::~ ~ '-' "-~_.::.,.'~ "~:":":'-.; <br /> <br />'>>/;.;i}',~:;:;:.:>(~:. <br /> <br />. ...... <br /> <br />. <br />. .... ,'. <br /> <br />DRAINAGE AREAS-NEOSHO RIVER BASIN <br /> <br />'.. ".' <br />.,' . . . <br /> <br />:.\~;,::'f:F;?~l':":;:'::i~;~:' <br /> <br />....,.. <br />.; '.".... . '", .:....::...." .' . ~....::.: <br />,,,." :. ":.:':";;}::':>":'./:'~. <br />-:;:::.:.....::.. ..... ," <br /> <br />COTTONWOOD RIVER <br /> <br />Cottonwood ri,-er "bore mouth of South Cottonwood, sq. mi..... 209 <br />South Cottonwood river, sq. mi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 133 <br />Mud creek, sq. mi............. .. .. .. .. . .. . .. .. .. . .. .. ... 95 <br />Clear creek, sq. mi... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . .. 78 <br />Doyle creek, sq. mi...................................... 152 <br />Cedar creek, sq. mi... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 142 <br />Middle creek, sq. mi.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 117 <br />Diamond creek, sq. mi... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 164 <br />South Fork, Cottonwood ri,-er, sq. mi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 <br />Miscellaneous tributaries, sq. mi.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 513 <br /> <br />Total, sq. mi............................... ..... <br /> <br />" ',.. .'.. . <br /> <br />1,621 <br /> <br />Total Cottonwood river at mouth, sq. mi. . . . .." . . .. .. . . . . . . . .. . . .. . .. 1,830 <br /> <br />NOOSHO RIVER <br /> <br />Neosho river above Rock creek, sq. mi.....,....... ........' 390 <br />Rock creek, sq. mi.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 130 <br />Miscellaneous tributaries between Rock creek and the <br />Cottonwood river. sq. mi.......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 305 <br /> <br />,-'",:", <br /> <br />Total, sq. mi. .......... . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . .. 435 <br /> <br />Total Neosho river above mouth of Cottonwood, sq. mi......... 825 <br /> <br />Tributrie" below mouth of Cottonwood river: <br />Deer creek, sq. mi..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 113 <br />Owl creek, sq. mi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .' 190 <br />Big creek, sq. mi. . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . . . .. 139 <br />Flat Rock creek, sq. mi..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 150 <br />Labette creek, sq. mi.................................... 410 <br />Lightning creek, sq. mi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 230 <br />Miscellaneous tributaries below mouth of Cottonwood, <br />sq. mi. .............................................. .1.893 <br /> <br />Total, sq. mi............................................ 3.125 <br /> <br />Total N eosho river, sq. mi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,950 <br />SPRTNU RIVER <br />Spring river in Kansas, sq. mi. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505 <br />Total Neosho drainage basin in Kansas, sq. mi...................... 6,285 <br /> <br />.' .-.. .~:. <br /> <br />...: <br /> <br />.", ......::;~.. (0 <br />..:-~:':" . .... .~', .' <br />.~ ~"t :;': .. <br />... -... <br />........ .' <br /> <br />.., ',..' .." <br /> <br />';'..-.' .: :)1 <br /> <br />.~-- ~ .'.- <br />....:' .~. ;,;.. <br /> <br />. ,'. ~." <br /> <br />", .'.,-.'-, .'... <br /> <br />: r ~ . . <br /> <br />.-~'.... ..~. .', -.. <br /> <br />,.,'. ,. <br />