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<br />001537 <br /> <br />MISSOURI RIVER BASIN <br /> <br />PROJECT TITLE: Monitoring of the Hydrologic System in North Park, <br />Jackson County (fig. 19) <br /> <br />COOPERATING AGENCIES: Jackson County and the U.S. Bureau of Land 11anagement <br /> <br />PROJECT CHIEF: Gerhard Kuhn, Subdistrict Office, Lakewood <br /> <br />PERIOD OF PROJECT: October 1978 to September 1982 <br /> <br />FPobZem.--The proposed development of'coal in Jackson County may have adverse <br />effects on the hydrologic system in the county. A knowledge of the existing hy- <br />drologic system is needed prior to the beginning of coal mining so that the ef- <br />fects of mining can be determined. <br /> <br />Objective.--Define the hydrologic system of the area; determine the relations <br />between cl imatic conditions, surface water, and ground water. <br /> <br />Approach.--Continue to collect surface-water-f10w and quality data at seven <br />existing stations. Continue to collect rainfall data at three existing recording <br />rain gages. Install a new climatological station in the Canadian River drainage <br />basin. Obtain ground-water data from personnel working on the project, "Ground- <br />Water Studies in Coal-Minin9 Areas" (p. 17). <br /> <br />ProgresB.--Data collection has been continuing in the Canadian River basin. <br />Operating are two continuous-record streamflow stations, each of which is equipped <br />with an automatic sediment sampler and water-quality monitor; two partial-record <br />rainfall-runoff stations; and five additional precipitation gages. A cl imatologi- <br />cal station also has been installed to monitor air temperature, wind, and solar <br />radiation. A report has been completed on the Will iams Draw basin. <br /> <br />PZans.--Analyze existing data and begin preparation of report. <br /> <br />47 <br />