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<br />IRRIGA'l'ED LANDS IN WYO!lING BY STRlWl BASINS
<br />Compiled by
<br />C. L. Patterson,. Chief Eng!.Mer
<br />COLORADO WATER CONSERVAUON BOARD
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<br />Sheet 2 ot' 2 Shee~8
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<br />Source ~ t1. S.. CenaU8
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<br />STREAM BASIN .AND COmITY
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<br />1889
<br />(Utb Cem..)
<br />
<br />1899
<br />(12th Census)
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<br />1~
<br />(Census Bul.16)
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<br />1909
<br />(13th Census)
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<br />1919
<br />(14th Census)
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<br />1~
<br />(15th ""..us)
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<br />GRJm!' RIVER. BASIN ~ 8:J~&)'iO.
<br />Carbon (k) '7088a 8,000.8
<br />~"nt (kl 2.000 $I
<br />1>.ncoln (5) (k\
<br />Sublstte (9) (k
<br />Sweetwater 1.'l62 5,110
<br />1J1nta (k) 12,918 e t 6B.I.40 e
<br />BEAR RIVER BJ..SIN 12.000. 28.500.
<br />Linooln (5) ~:l -
<br />111at. 12,000 e u 28,500-"
<br />SRAKB DRAINAGE BASIN 6.000. 32.000.
<br />1>.nooln l5j 1:1
<br />Sub1e-tte 9
<br />teton (10
<br />111uta (k) 6,000 e x. 32,000 $I
<br />OTHER )(ISCELLAHEOUS BASINS 200*. ~OO.
<br />Crook (kl 2tiOO ~.
<br />ll1ob...... (6) (k
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<br />STREAM BASINS BY COUNTIES (Continued)
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<br />118.566 b
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<br />U.
<br />9.
<br />18,000 e
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<br />211;m
<br />l'
<br />39.541
<br />13.630 .
<br />
<br />14.010
<br />70,863 e
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<br />63.665
<br />'1.a" .
<br />31,832 .
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<br />228.699
<br />12,208 .
<br />
<br />13.097 .
<br />121,205 e
<br />19.756
<br />62.!,3, .
<br />
<br />10.798
<br />l43,(0) e
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<br />Ia.~
<br />23, .
<br />23,689 .
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<br />18.652
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<br />1.190 b
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<br />900 .
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<br />32.764 b
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<br />59.000*
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<br />59,000 .,
<br />58.000.
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<br />Big Born .. orgam.zed from parts ot Fremont. JohnSon and Sheridan in 1897.
<br />Campbell - organized trc:iu parts of Crook and WelJ'ton in 191;.
<br />Goshen - organized !'ran part of lAramie in 1913.
<br />Hot Springs. orsenizod trClll1 par'ta ot Big Horn, Fremont: and Park in 1913.
<br />Linooln - organized fra:ro. part ot Uinta in 1913.
<br />l8.obrara - orgamr.:ed fr(Sl\ part of Comer" in 1913_
<br />Park _ orgacl.zed from p~ ot Big Horn in 1911.
<br />Ple.tte ..; organized from part of Lar8m1e in 191',
<br />S~b1e"" - organized :fr(Jlll. par'tB ot FremorrI: and Lincoln in 1923.
<br />Teton .. organized from part of Linooln in 1523.
<br />Washakie .. organized from part of B11!; Horn in 1913.
<br />'rotal acreage in .:Basin JLOt reported in Censua and portions ot oottDt;y aoroages 1I'1thizL the basin are estimated.
<br />U.S.G.S. 13th Am:Lual :Report. 1891--92. Part III .. Irrigation, p. 75. J.crellge quoted tor Worth and South Platte
<br />oombinad f'rcim 11th Census, 120;893 "oroa.
<br />Irriga:ted aoreage not l"'$ported by Coun-t1.es in 1902 Censwh
<br />Estimated portion of to-tal aoreage reported for Couaty located in stream basin ahmrn.
<br />Part of Cc\:lJIty aoreage in other stream basins.
<br />__ _ -Agriculture has d.Elveloped along the. Popa Agie Ri"f8r IIIld its tributaries. - - - set'tl&m!tut h progressing
<br />rapidly on the prino1.pa1 etl'eama 'Which f'10lf frQll. the Abse.rokB. range (in the nor1:hern pe.r't of 'the Co1lntJ) &long
<br />the Greybull R1:ver and other tributaries ot the Big Horn River.- 11th CetI.BWI, .Aeri. by Irrlg., p. 2~.
<br />ItJ0bn8on and Sheridan cowrties have at preaeut the JllOs't Iud under ou1t1-.ation (in lorthern 'W1om1ng).- S.cODd
<br />~l Report ot the '!'erri toria1 Englneer .. 1889, p. 21. .
<br />w.. .. .. but those (-tribui;aries) ot the Powder R. in this County, as for burtanoe clear Creek, being farther
<br />!ram the 1IlCNI1'tains are lese 1'lLvorable (tor irrigation) on account: ot the alight fall. 'the higl bam:s, and the
<br />Irregularity of tlaw. A1mos't nery ranohman along,Clear Creek baa his own ditoh.a 11th Cell8U8, .1gri. by
<br />Irri g., p. 255.
<br />_.. .. -'!'be1'8 are ditches, (in the Cheyerme Valley) and the area tilled is insignL1'icaxxt in oompari80n to that
<br />lor"nook raising.- 11th Census, Agrl. by Irrig.. p. 252.
<br />-'!'he prinoipal settlements of the County are in the Bee.rlodge DlOUJrl;ains . . . S'treame: t10wibg in all d1rectiona:
<br />!rem this range and finally uniting in the :o.l1e Fourohe furnish oppor'tuDities tor irrigation on a ama:U scale.-
<br />11th Census, J.gri, br ItT1g.. p. 252.. '
<br />__ .. _ on the SWetn:ter the water supply 1s reported to be plentiful tor the land undI;r irrigation.- 11th
<br />Ce%U!us. Agri. by lrrig,. p. 2,53.
<br />ft. _ _ In the lower bO't'bama. where IIClm11 _tor i8 -reported by seepage, pota.'toe8 and 'V8get:ables are more .certain
<br />of 8uooees.w 11'th Ce:oaus. Agriculture by' Irr1g., p. 254.
<br />-In the aouthwes't corner of the oounty 18 It. portion of the. ~lLdwater8 of the Li'tt1e 8DaD River. .. - - !ben
<br />are aeveral :ranohes along this rlnr and ita 'tr1buteries. the irrigated lands being in the bo1;t;ama.ft 11th
<br />Census. Agri. .by Img.. p. 252.' .
<br />"On 'the eutern side ot the oOUDty are ~ sme.ll streams . . . . The water of these atreame .re used on the
<br />bay rmohes in the :ra1TOW" valleya.a 11th Census, .1gri. by Irrig., p. 256. -
<br />".Along the vaUeya of "the Bear Ri'V8r are great hay ranohes, oomprising thousands ot &Ores. and -the water is
<br />used to a la.rge extent,- 11th CenBU8, Agri. by' Irrlg., p. 256.
<br />"In the apring of '88, an eX8JldnatloD (waa made) of San R. Valley, - - .. 'the, residents hanng petitioned for
<br />the orea'tion ot a 1f8:ter dhtriot. Although living a.t that t1lrle on 1mBurv&16d lands, 'the enterprU1ng M't'tleTa
<br />hAd construo'ted 26 ditches and oanals and had _de 80 much progre8s in the reo1_td.on or their lands that ,.
<br />District No.9 _8 created.w Second Annual Report ot the Territorial Engineer - 1889, p. 21.
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<br />41.~Ob
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<br />58.000 e
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