WSP02908

• File Number: 8062
• Description: Federal Water Rights
• State: CO
• Basin: Statewide
• Date: 3/1/1982
• Author: TRW Energy Engineeri
• Title: Hydrologic Characterization of NOSR 1
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
2. INTRODUCTION ..
2.1 PROGRAM BACKGROUND
3. PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT OF NOSR 1 .

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3.1 INTRODUCTION
3.2 PHYSIOGRAPHY
3.3 CLIMATE ..
3.4 VEGETATION.
3.5 GEOLOGY

3.5.1 Stratigraphy

3.5.1.1 Wasatch Formation
3.5.1.2 Green River Formation

3.5.1.2.1 Douglas Creek Member
3.5.1.2.2 Garden Gulch Member.
3.5.1.2.3 Anvil Points Member.
3.5.1.2.4 Parachute Creek Member

3.5.1.3 Uinta Formation .,
3.5.1.4 Quaternary Alluvium

3.5.2 Geologic Structure

4. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE HYDROLOGIC SYSTB~ ON NOSR 1

4.1 INTRODUCTION..............
4.2 INFLOW INTO THE NOSR 1 HYDROLOGIC SYSTEM

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Precipitation.

4.2.1.1 Precipitation Gage Network Data
4.2.1.2 Snow Course Network Data. . .
4.2.1.3 Estimated Total Annual Precipitation
on NOSR 1 . . . . . . . .

4.3 OUTFLOW FROM THE NOSR 1 HYDROLOGIC SYSTEM

4.3.1 Surface Water . . . . . . . .

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4.3.1.1 Drainage Description and Gage Network 4-13

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