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II II I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I TONGUE CREEK BASIN AVERAGE ANNUAL RUNOFF OF TRIBUTARIES 0,000 Acre-Feet) Creek Runoff Gage Surface 30,1 09-IIf30-00 Dirty George 1f,8 09-1378-00 Ward 9,3 09-1392-00 Kiser 6,1 09-11f02-00 Cottonwood 1.0 09-11f07-00 Youngs 5.8 09-11f12-00 The basin immediately adjacent (on the east) to the Tongue Creek basin is Currant Creek, but the present use of its water resources caused it to be eliminated from consideration as a potential source of transbasin diversions, As the USBR Report of 1973 states, very little water is left in Currant Creek in years of lower than average streamflow, It is during these dry years, however, that transbasin diversions are necessary to supplement the shortages in the Tongue Creek basin, The only data available at the mouth of Currant Creek (Gage 1370,5) include two dry years (I977 and 1981) showing very low spring flows and almost non-existent later season flows. In other words, all the available water had been used during those years. Other years show substantial flows only when transbasin diversions are not necessary due to surpluses in the Tongue Creek basin itself, The study of the water rights reveals that all decrees on Currant Creek are filed under the name of Dry Creek and that the total decreed amount cannot be met by the basin water supplies due to over appropriation, For this reason, transbasin diversions to Currant Creek have been taking place from Surface Creek and Leroux Creek through Sooner Ditch and Currant Creek Ditch No, 2 respectively, The Leroux Creek, the next basin east of Currant Creek, was considered a potential source of surplus water for transfer to Tongue Creek basin. In order to extend the gaged records for the 19lfl to 1969 period of record of gage 131f5, a correlation with Station Ilf30 was obtained to generate the steam flows for the I1I-5