Platte River Wetland Hydrology Study

• Description: related to the Platte River Endangered Species Partnership ‎(aka Platte River Recovery Implementation Program or PRRIP)‎
• State: WY
• State: NE
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 2/28/1994
• Author: Thomas A. Wesche, Quentin D. Skinner, and Robert J. Henszey - Department of Range Management and Wyoming Water Resources Center, University of Wyoming, Laramie
• Title: Platte River Wetland Hydrology Study WWRC-94-07
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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19. Rowe Sanctuary stage - discharge relationship 51
with the USGS gage near Kearney, NE . . . . . . . • • • • • • • • • •
20. Crane Meadows stage - discharge relationship between the south channel
gage at Crane Meadows and the USGS gage near Grand Island, NE . . . . . . 52
21. The Elm Creek cross - valley transect with selected groundwater profiles . . . . 54
22. The Rowe Sanctuary cross - valley transect with selected groundwater profiles . . 55
23. The Crane Meadows cross - valley transect with selected groundwater profiles 56
24. A cross - section profile, looking downstream, at the Wild Rose slough, 59
well CM33ABD, and a Platte River channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
25. Hydrographs for selected Elm Creek transect wells . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
26. Hydrographs for selected Rowe Sanctuary transect wells . . . . . . . . . . 61
27. Hydrographs for selected Crane Meadows transect wells . . . . . . . . . . 62
28. Elm Creek groundwater -level contours 64
for the day when the lowest periodic measurement was observed
29. Elm Creek groundwater -level contours 65
for the day when the highest periodic measurement was observed .
30. Elm Creek groundwater -level contours
for a day approximating a median water level from February though April . . . 66
31. Elm Creek groundwater -level contours
for a day approximating a median water level from June through September 67
32. Rowe Sanctuary groundwater -level contours 68
for the day when the lowest periodic measurement was observed . . . . . .
33. Rowe Sanctuary groundwater -level contours 69
for the day when the highest periodic measurement was observed .
34. Rowe Sanctuary groundwater -level contours 70
for a day approximating a median water level from February though April . .
35. Rowe Sanctuary groundwater -level contours 71
for a day approximating a median water level from June through September
36. Crane Meadows groundwater -level contours 73
for the day when the lowest periodic measurement was observed . . .
37. Crane Meadows groundwater -level contours 74
for the day when the highest periodic measurement was observed
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