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<br />o 0 14 8 ~' <br /> <br />10. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Ground water has been developed on Jimmy Camp Creek, an <br />eastern tributary which enters the Fountain near the town of Fountain. <br />Little is known about water-table movement here. Stream flow occurs <br />only during periods of precipitation and no surface rights are known to <br />exist. This valley could well be placed in Classification II. <br /> <br />., <br /> <br />Black Squirrel <br /> <br />This drainage enters the ilrkansas near North Avondale after <br />being joined by Chico Creek. I believe there is a perennial flow near <br />its headwaters that has been diverted for irrigation. Although only 8 <br />wells have electric service, I believe there are twice that many in the <br />area near Elicott, The residents of this area showed some interest <br />in forming a ground-water district under the 1957 law when Colorado <br />Springs was foraging for water, and had looked into possi.bilities in this <br />valley. There is no stream flow here other than flood flows. There are <br />no observation wells hence no knowledge about water table stability. <br />There is no information that there has been any lowering. Ground-water <br />development would be i.n Classification II. <br /> <br />Horse Creek <br /> <br />Horse Creek enters the Arkansas about 6 miles above Las <br />Animas. The Mountain View Electric Association serves 41 irrigation <br />wells in the upper part of the valley and that is about all the information <br />that is available. These would be classified in Classification II. <br /> <br />Adobe Creek <br /> <br />There have been some feeble attempts to develop ground water <br />near Arlington. Information on the lower part of the valley will have to <br />await the work of U.S.G.S. in Bent County. <br /> <br />Big Sandy <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />Big Sandy together with the Rush Creek tributary forms a very <br />large drainage area. Its mouth is about 8 miles below Lamar. Favor<O.ble <br />conditions exist nearly its entire length for wells of sufficient capacity <br />for irrigation. These conditions are favorable principally in a very <br />narrow belt in alluvial material following the stream. Between the <br />upper branches of Rush Creek and Big Sandy, some water is being re- <br />covered from the Ogallala formation which is very thin here. Mountain <br />View Electric Association serves a total of 23 wells in the area mentioned. <br />There are also some irrigation wells near Brandon w:1ich is not on the c~eek. <br /> <br />-, <br /> <br />- 10 - <br />