WSP11343

• File Number: 8200.760
• Description: Yampa River General
• State: CO
• Basin: Yampa/White
• Water Division: 6
• Date: 1/1/3000
• Author: Clifford H Jex
• Title: Report on Water Runoff and Stream Depletion of the Yampa River in Colorado
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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YAMPA RIVER BASIN MAP.............................

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INTRODUCTION....................
Scope and Purpose......
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Water Runoff.......

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UPPER YAMPA SUBBASIN............
Location and Description...
Watershed Runoff.............
Present Water Use.....................

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Potential Use....................

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LITTLE SNAKE SUBBASIN.............................. .12
Location and Description.......................12
Watershed Runoff.... .......... .. ............12
Present Water Use......... ..... .............14
Potential Use..................................14

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LOWER YAMPA SUBBASIN.............. .............. .16
Location and Description..... ..... ..........16
Watershed Runoff.............. ..... ......... .16
Present Water Use.......... ...................17
Potential U 5e. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

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SUlVIrJIARY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
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Irrigation Use of Water..................
Municipal, Industrial and Associated Use.
Water Export.................................
Basin Runoff and Stream Depletion....
Yampa River Compact Water Delivery...

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