WSP10878

• File Number: 8200.760
• Description: Yampa River General
• State: CO
• Basin: Yampa/White
• Water Division: 6
• Date: 1/1/1964
• Author: Clifford H Jex Engin
• Title: Report on Water Runoff and Stream Depletion of the Yampa River in Colorado - 1964
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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and land ownership is discussed under the heading, INTRODUCTION.
For purposes of water supply analysis and report, the basin
has been divided into three subbasins, each of which repre-
sents a segment of the basin. Information on subbasin water-
shed runoff, present stream depletion and anticipated future
water requirements are discussed under the appropriate SUB-
BASIN. A summary of basin water supply, anticipated water
use, anticipated water delivery downstream and effect of com-
pact water delivery requirement is presented under the heading,
S UJVIMA RY .

The watershed area tributary to the Yampa River
U. S. Geological Survey Maybell gaging station is designated,
Upper Yampa Subbasin; the area tributary to the Little Snake
River U. S. Geological Survey Lily gaging station is desig-
nated, Little Snake Subbasin and the watershed area between
the above gaging stations and the Colorado-Utah state line
is designated, Lower Yampa Subbasin. A map showing the
location and boundary of the three subbasins is included as
a part of this report.

Drainage Basin
The Yampa River Basin is located in northwestern
Colorado and southwestern Wyoming. The Yampa is a tributary
to the Green River which is a tributary to the main Colorado
River in east-central Utah. The confluence of the Yampa
River with the Green River is in Colorado, 3k miles from

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