WSP05690

• File Number: 8407
• Description: Platte River Basin - River Basin General Publications
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 1/1/1978
• Author: Toups Corp
• Title: Water Resources Investigation in the South Platte River Valley - Reach Number 2
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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SURFACE WATER

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N~tural origin of flow in the South Platte River is attributable
to, high country snowmelt. Prior to manipulation by man,
ch,'aracter of the river exclusively reflected the extremely
v~iable nature of the regional hydrologic and climatic regimes.
Flbws were typically seasonal. stage ranged from zero to flood.
Re~ource development activity has greatly modified the ancestrial
na~ure of the river. Specific features and associated
rafuifications of such development, the focus of this report,
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wi~l be detailed and assessed in subsequent portions of this
inlrestigation.

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Inladdition to accommodating the main-stem South Platte, the,

So~th Platte River Valley from Kersey to Balzac encompasses portionsl

of'the following tributary drainages:

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Crow Creek

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Box Elder Creek

Kiowa Creek

Bijou Creek

Badger Creek

Wildcat Creek

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Beaver Creek.

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These tributaries serve as sources of recharge to the South Platte

as:well as to their own respective alluvial ground water basins.

Tributary streamflow to the South Platte is emphemeral in nature.

FlQoding is not uncommon. The channels of tributaries generally

se~ve to collect and concentrate ground water inflow. Seepage

flows are discharged to the South Platte River from those creeks

wh~ch possess alluvial fill aquifers saturated to the point

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