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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Tbe southern part of the Fort Morgan area overlies the thinner

alluvial deposits of Badger Creek. Dependence on ground water

s~pplies in this area is larger than that exhibited to the

north. A declining water table is evident. Recovery has been

slow and incomplete. Evidence of long-term overdraft is not

conclusive; however, it does indicate that recharge may be

limited and extended drought conditions could result in basin

overdraft.

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Hydrographs representative of conditions in maln-stem or designated' ground

w~ter basins are presented on Figures 2-2 and 2-3. These graphics

ddmonstrate that extractions are exceeding recharge capability

on the long-term. The following aquifers are considered to be

in an overdrafted condition:

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Prospect Valley (Lone Tree Creek);
Bijou and Kiowa Creek valleys.

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D~clining ground water elevations are apparent in a number of

other designated basins. Evidence of an overdraft condition is

no~ conclusive, however. Such aquifer systems include:

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Box Elder Creek Valley;
Badger Creek Valley;
Southerly portion of Beaver Creek Valley.

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OT~ER GEOHYDROLOGIC CONSIDERATIONS

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The geology of the South Platte River valley in Water District

No. 1 exerts a unique impact on flood waters and large (greater

than 600 cfsl flows purveyed through the river channel. This

phenomenon has been investigated by both the Water Commissioner

of District No.1 and the Office of the State Engineer [Sinton, 1977].

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