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<br />. <br /> <br />range of flow measured (Figure 4). This relationship is used to determine that winter base flows <br /> <br /> <br />were around 1 cfs, the rapid spring increase in flow resulted in a stage rise of 0.3 to 0.4 feet, or <br /> <br /> <br />nearly doubling the water depth, and a peak flow of 10.846 cfs was measured on 26 June when <br /> <br /> <br />the highest river stage for 2003 was reached. Flows greater than - 10 cfs occurred for near a <br /> <br /> <br />month, and began to decline in late July. Interestingly, the peak flow occurred many weeks after <br /> <br /> <br />on-site snowmelt as well as snowmelt on Ragged Mountain, which was most rapid from late <br /> <br /> <br />April through mid-May. Thus, ground water recharge from snowmelt produces ground water <br /> <br /> <br />flow systems that peak 1-2 months after the peak of snowmelt in the basin. <br /> <br /> 0.8 <br /> 11 efs ~ <br /> 0.7 <br />. ,..-.... 7 efs <br /> q:: 0.6 ~ <br /> - <br /> (\) <br /> 0) <br /> CU 4 efs <br /> en 0.5 ~ ~ <br /> 0.4 4 1 efs <br /> <br /> <br />0.3 <br />1111102 <br /> <br />311103 <br /> <br />711103 <br /> <br />11/1103 <br /> <br />Figure 3. Spring Creek stage (feet) from October 2002 through June 2003. Arrows indicate the <br />dates when flow was measured by USFS staff. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />5 <br />