WSP03954

• File Number: 8027
• Description: Section D General Correspondence-Federal Agencies
• State: CO
• Date: 8/18/1967
• Title: US Department of Interior-United States Geological Survey Water Resources Division and Quality of Water Branch-1967-1968-Agenda Item 2d-Report of the Water Resources Division
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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AGEIIDA ITEH #2d

REPORT OF THE WATER RESOURCES DIVISION

U. S. Geological survey

August 18, 1967

Runoff from snowmelt for 1967 was near normal in the North
Platte, upper colorado, and Yampa River Basins. It was much be-
low normal in the remainder of the mountain area. Above normal
rainfall this summer has appreciably improved the runoff forecast
in some areas. If conditions remain normal during August and
September, the runoff for the 1967 water year will be about 85
percent of normal for most of the mountain area, near normal in
the North platte River Basin, but only about two-thirds of normal
in the Rio Grande, San Juan, and Upper South platte River Basins.
Ground water use during the early part of the irrigation season
was much below normal owing to the abundance of precipitation.
Adequate ground-water storage will be available to accommodate
any irrigation needs for the remainder of the 1967 irrigation
season.

Four Survey reports have been released since the last Board
meeting. The report on streamflow records for 1966 has been
published and sent on August 10, 1967, to the various cooperating,
agencies and other users of our data. A report on the Air Force
Academy was published as Professional Paper 551. The book is
entitled, "General and Engineering Geology of the United States
Air Force Academy site, Colorado", by D. J. Varnes and G. R.
scott, with a section on Ground 11ater, by W. D. E. Cardwell and
E. D. Jenkins.

A third report, Water-Supply Paper 1843 is entitled, "Geology
and Ground-Water Resources of the Big Sandy Creek Valley, Lincoln,
Cheyenne, and Kio\'la counties, Colorado", by D. L. Coffin. and the
fourth report, Water-Supply Paper l576-G entitled, "Geology and
Availability of Ground Water on the ute Mountain Indian Reserva-
tion, colorado and Ne\~ Mexico", by J. H. Irwin was prepared in
cooperation with the ute Hountain ute Tribe of Indians. The
reservation is in the southwest corner of Colorado and a part of
northwestern New Mexico.

project activities in the South Platte, Arkansas, and Rio
Grande Basins for the summer has consisted largely of data

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