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<br />001822 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />than from the fairly well timb ered lower areas in api te of the con sump- <br /> <br />tive use of the timber and other vegetation. Conditions are too nearly <br /> <br />similar in the two areas above Horse Ranch and above Lake Brennan to <br /> <br />warroot a much higher percentoge of runoff from the upper basin thoo <br /> <br />th~.t proportionol to the actual area. <br /> <br />In Table No. 6 are shmm the estimated Md actual annuoJ. run- <br /> <br />off figures for the Horse R~nch station and the estimated nnnual runoff <br />at Leke Brennan taken HS 20% of the runoff at Horse Ronch. <br /> <br />Table No.6. <br /> <br />Estimated and Actuol Annual Runoff <br />At Horse Ranch and Estimated Annuol <br />Runoff at Lake BrennOIl. <br />Unit-Acre Feet <br />Yenr :Horse Ranch: Lake Brannan: <br /> <br />1935 (29,220) 5,844 <br />1936 (31,900) 6,380 <br />1937 (28,120) 5,624 <br />1938 (43,500) 8,700 <br />1939 26,921 5,384 <br />l-lJ40 21.792 4.358 <br />Runoff at Horse Rnnch for 1939 and <br />1940 is nctunl record. <br /> <br />storable Water At Leke Brennan <br /> <br />As indicated by Table No.6, toto1 nnnuoJ. runoff at Lake <br /> <br />Brennan of less then 4,000 acre-feet is very improbable. The irrigators <br /> <br />on North Fork of Gunnison River at uno. below Somerset have the legal <br /> <br />right to c011 for water from Leke Brennan and stop storage there whenever <br /> <br />the water in North Fork at Somerset, added to tributary inflow end usable <br /> <br />return w'ltcr from irrigation, falls balov; their actual requiranen:t. <br /> <br />The total of nater right decrees from \forth Fork below Somerset <br /> <br />and above its confluence with Gunnison River is at present 343.5 second- <br /> <br />-15- <br />