7071

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7071
• Author: Bosley, C.
• Title: Pre-Impoundment Study of the Flaming Gorge Reservoir.
• USFW Year: 1960.
• USFW - Doc Type: Cheyenne.
• Copyright Material: NO

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spring thaws, There are a number of washes which enter the Green River in
this area, These washes contribute large amounts of eroded soil to the
river during spring run-off periods.
The area between Stations No. 2 and No. 3 lies within the proposed Seed-
skadee project, and the lands adjacent to the river bed have also been desig-
nated as a waterfowl development area by the Fish and Wildlife Service (see
Seedskadee project map, page 65).
The only stream entering the Green River between Stations No. 2 and No. 3
is the Big Sandy River. The Big Sandy River contributes little as a fisheries
habitat. The bottom from the mouth to approximately 12 miles upstream, is a
shifting bed of silt and sand. Aquatic flora, and fauna, is very sparce in
this section. Spawning riffles are nonexistant,
Analyses of the chemical content indicates that it is a very poor river
for development of any type of a fishery, and that the section of river from
the Eden Valley project downstream is serving as a drainage system for a part
of that area. The following is a list of the chemical and physical analysis
run on water from the Big Sandy River in May, 1959.
TABLE II
Water Chemistry - Big Sandy Creek - May, 1959
Temperature 4b° F.
pH 8.1
Total Dissolved Solids ppm. 3,240.0
MO Alkalinity as ppm. C03 119.0
phth Alkalinity as ppm. C03 0.0
Ca. ppm. 196.9
Mg, ppm. 99.4
Chlorides ppm. 60.5
Sulphate ppm. 10.5
Turbidity (ppm. - 1,200) cm. 2.1
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Mouth of the Big Sandy River
(Delta Formed is at Upper Right of Standing Figure)