WSPC00967

• File Number: 8408
• Description: Platte River Basin-River Basin General Correspondence
• Date: 1/1/3000
• Title: Platte River Investigations-Production Use and Disposal of Water Resources-Production as of 1895-1939-Consumption as at Present
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Data

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COlOlWlO WATER COllSERVATION BOARD- Engineering Department

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NORTH PlATTE AND PLATTE RIVER TO GRAND ISLilND
SUMI:ARY - ElCCLUSlVE OF SOUTH PLATTE
PRODUCTION. USE AND DISPOSAL OF WATER RESOURCES

PRESENT CONDITIONS.
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BASIN
COLO. ViYO. NEBR. TOTALS
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DRAIN4.GE AREAS: (Sq. Mi.)
North Platte B~sin 2.0~0 21,740 8,730 32.500
Platte to Grd. Isl. - - 2.708 ~
State Totals 2.0~0 21,740 11 ,438 .20
Percents 6, 62 32 100
WATER PRODUCTlON I (1000 A.F.)
North Platte Basin 819.2 17~1.6 1027.9 3578.7
Platte to Grd. Is1. - - ~~~.2 ~
State Totals ~19.2 1731.6 1 .1 .9
Percents 21 45, 34 100
IRRIGATED LilNDS: (1000 A.)
, North Platte Basin 1~6.2 506.5 383.4 1026.1
Platte to Grd. Isl. - - 1~2.~ (1) 132.0
State Totals 136.2 506.5 5 5. 1158.1
. Percents 11 44 45 100
!OTAL CONSUMPTION (1000 A.F.)
North Platte Basin l5~.~ 864.5 761.7 178~.~
Exportations 2 . - - 2 .
Irrigation 102.0 615.7 491.7 1209.4
Conveyance 27.2 248.8 270'.0 546.0
Platte to Grd. Isl. - 446.7 ~6.~
Irrigation - 108~7 08.
Conveyanoe - 3~8.0 338.0
State Totals 158.0 864.5 1208.4 2230.9
Percents 7 ~9 54, 100
UNCONSUMED OUTFlOWS (1000 A.F.) 1794.5(2)
North Platte jjasin 661.2 867.1 266.2
Platte to Grd. Isl. - - ~ -~3~.5
State Totals 661.2 J 867.1 7.7 1 5 .0(3)
Percents 40 5~ 8 100

. Production as of 1895-1939. Irrigation Uses as at Present.
(1) lncludes 42,000 acres irrigated v~th ground waters. - wells and pumps.
(2) Total UnconsUIlled Outflow North Platte River at North Platte, Nebr.
(3) Total UnaonsUIIled Outflow Platte River at Grand Island, Nebr. and
.percolation losses to Republican, Big Blue and Little Blue Rivers.

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nBR. v. WYO. and COLO.
UNITEU STATES INTERVENER
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