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<br />O ~ " l Q " <br />lJ 1 t lJ" <br /> <br />11. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The creek is dry for most of its length normally. However <br />there are short reaches above Limon where perennial flow occurs. <br />Flow may occur for a mile or so, disappear only to reappear again in <br />a few miles. Perennial flow occurs also at the confluence with Big <br />Spring Creek 6 miles below Kit Carson and below the confluence with <br />Rush Creek. Several abortive attempts have been made in the past in- <br />volving considerable sums of money to utilize flood flows. These <br />were abandoned many years ago and it is safe to say that no water rights <br />exist above the Amity Canal. <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />Flood flows are numerous enough to replenish any reasonable <br />ground-water use. The bed of the creek is of such an absorptive nature <br />as to facilitate replenishment. All this drainage, above the Amity <br />Canal at least, should be in Clas sification II. <br /> <br />Two published reports are available for this area. One is of a <br />reconnaissance type by C.S . U. in 1945. The other is by U. S. G. S. in <br />1946, and covers the valley above Limon. U. S. G. S. has established 4 or <br />5 observation wells above Limon which are being read regularly. No <br />trends have developed in 13 years. <br /> <br />., <br /> <br />Wild Horse Creek <br /> <br />There are wells in this drainage quite some distance from the <br />Arkansas that are probably taking water from the Ogallala formation. The <br />U. S. G. S. report will contain more information in this area. <br /> <br />As mentioned previously, there is but little ground-water develop- <br />ment in the south tributaries. There are a few wells in the bottom lands <br />of the Huerfano. The city of Lamar obtains its water supply in Clay Creek <br />valley.. <br /> <br />SAN LUIS VALLEY <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />I sometimes think of the San Luis Valley as a million acres full <br />of anomalies. One's impression on first visiting the valley is that it is <br />suffering from too much water. This is actually the case in many places. <br />The sad part is that water is not always available where and when wanted. <br />The geology of the valley is most interesting. It is a very deep structural <br />basin hemmed in by mountains on all sides. Stream flow has filled the <br />trench to a depth of possibly 10, 000 feet. During geologic times when it <br />was a lake, thick de po sits of clay were laid down in haphazard discon- <br />tinuous strata. These, together with lava flows, have set up conditions <br /> <br />- 11 - <br />