WSP03609

• File Number: 8407
• Description: Platte River Basin - River Basin General Publications
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 7/11/1984
• Author: Joe Tom Wood
• Title: Tunnel Vision - An Analysis of River Call Data in the South Platte River Basin
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Figure A-~. Again, the interpretation of the wOOOOOOllllw is
that the call of 11-20-1885 went out on May 9, 1952, against
Water Districts 7, 8, 9, and 23. The call ~ n2! ~ out againa~
Water Districts 1, 1, 1, !, 1, or !; hence, the wOw is used in
the slot for these six districts. The only real difference bet-
ween the Division Engineer's call record and the computerized
version is that the latter contains additional initial lines to

define the condition present for each district at the beginning

of calendar year 1952. Likewise, the computerized version con-

tains an 4dditional two lines at the end of 1952 which are adde~

to defineend-of-year conditions. A call of w99999999w repre-

sents a wPree Riverw condition.

The use of a computer file constructed in this manner has

two significant implications. The first is that a single file i~

created which may be used for analyses of call records for !d1
districts; a separate file for each district is not needed.

Second, the software developed for analyses must interpret the

computer call file in such a way as to be able to fill in missing

periods between changes !a calls for a given district. The

result is that the subsequent software programming may be

somewhat more complex, but the virgin data file is slim and trim:,
ready for action.

Befo~e Action, Just How Good A~e the Data In the Compute~ized
Data File t

The data on the computerized data file are as good as the

data in the Division Eng ineer' s records, and maybe just a 11 ttle

bit better.

In p~eparing and constructing the data file for Water
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