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<br />"onr:nSl <br />II dJ '-'~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />was neglected. Precipitation in December through February was <br />assumed to contribute to spring runoff in March, April, and May. <br /> <br />III. <br /> <br />~ ", <br />(1..:."- <br />Other Records Used \0 "'" V"" <br /> <br />A. Florida River upstream of Lemon Reservoir 1972-1980 <br /> <br />B. City of Durango water production records, including municipal bt'fI"'> <br />diversions from the Florida River. See the "Summary of Animas <br />River Model." <br /> <br />C. <br /> <br />Diversions for the Robert Morrison and King Consolidated Ditch <br />which divert water from the Los Pinos River. A portion of this .I' <br />water is delivered to the Salt Creek basin for irrigation of about ),1' <br />3,100 acres in the area tributary to the Florida River. This transbasin ~~ ~G' <br />diversion is reflected in the Salt Creek gage records for the 20 year'~ J <br />period of records. Robert Morrison and King Consolidated diversion ~ ~ ./ <br />records were used to help estimate Salt Creek flows during the ten V. 'J' <br />year period when gage records were not available. J~ <br /> <br />The following monthly ditch diversion records for the period of 1951 V <br />through 1980 were used in the model: ;_".., 't~~ <br />L-.->~r <br />Florida Farmers Ditch~ hr/ ,"'^ , ~' FIt<>" <br />Florida Canal ~ vy <br />Harris Patterson Ditch <br />Pioneer Ditch <br />McClure - Murray Ditch <br /> <br />D. <br /> <br />10 Ji> <br />vi, <br /> <br />IV. <br /> <br />v I, <br />01.1, '~ r'-"J- l' <br /> <br />Reach Descriptions r/v,l0 ~.~ f\ <br />, J,J,o~J , <br />Reach 1 - Just upstream from the mouth of Salt Creek to the Florida <br />River at Bondad gage. Reach 1 includes inflow from Salt Creek <br />and flow contributions from 50 square miles of ungaged areas. <br />Average annual flow from these areas was estimated to be 40 <br />acre-feet per square mile. The virgin flow of Salt Creek was <br />estimated to be an average of 1,040 acre-feet per year, based on <br />a 26 square mile drainage area and 40 acre-feet of runoff per square <br />mile, subject to annual variations estimated on the basis of Ignacio <br />precipitation records. Return flows from the Florida Mesa enter <br />Reach 1. <br /> <br />A. <br /> <br />B. Reach 2 - From the Florida River below the Florida Farmers Ditch <br />gage to a point just upstream of the mouth of Salt Creek. Reach <br />2 includes flow contributions from 35 square miles of ungaged areas. <br />Average annual flow from these areas is estimated to be about 65 <br />acre-feet per square mile. Return flows from the Florida Mesa <br />also enter the Forida River in Reach 2. <br /> <br />... -'-' <br />