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<br />j, ti01829 <br /> <br />... There is no record of diversions from Ohio Creek based on ac- <br /> <br /> <br />tual administration, but there was considerable shortage on Ohio Creek <br /> <br /> <br />in 1939 end 1940 and it seEmS probable that except in the best years <br /> <br /> <br />some Ohio Creok lands do not get enough water. Most of the junior Ohio <br /> <br /> <br />Creek decrees are in the upper valley, but lack of active administration <br /> <br /> <br />resul ts in most of the shortage actually appearing omong the senior <br /> <br /> <br />decrees in lower Ohio Creek valley, and along tributaries in the upper <br /> <br /> <br />valley. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />A gaging station was installed by the Bureau of Reclamation <br />in April 1940, which measures the flow of Ohio Creek at Hinklo, just below <br />the mouth of Mill Creek. From the record of this station, it appears <br />doubtful that there was enough water to fully supply the ditches in upper <br />Ohio Creek valley, although in the absence of actual administration it <br />would be assumcd that these ditches took the wnter.they wanted. The re- <br />turn flow from irrigation of hoy meadows should be very high and during <br />the months of July and August (until water is shut off about August 10) <br />the flow of the stream at Hinkle should have been stabilized at about <br />the quantity of water actually available in the upper valley. If thi s <br />is true for the 1940 record, then there was a very considerable shortage <br />in the upper valley as well as below Hinkle. The record for the month <br />of August shows no decided gain at Hinkle such as should follow the end <br />of irrigation in the upper valley, until August 20. This gain was soon <br />drained away and the record seEmS to show that for the last 10 days of <br />July and most 01' August there was only available a maximum of )1 second- <br />feet end an average 01' 20 second-feet for the whole Ohio Creek valley. <br />The shortage in 1940 was calculated (for the Ohio Creek lands) <br />on the basis that the recorded runoff at Hinkle subtracted from total of <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />-22- <br />