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Static water levels for well 2 are presented in Table 12, Appendix <br />C. Water levels taken from electric logs of exploration holes <br />within the vicinity of the North Fork of Bolton Draw are presented <br />at the end of this report. <br />Potential for Flood Irrigation <br />The only region that has current potential for flood irrigation <br />agricultural activities is the region described as (Qt3) shown on <br />the Map of Surficial Unconsolidated Deposits. As has been previously <br />described, this area has the correct proximity to a perennial <br />stream (Michigan River) to be flood irrigated, and has sufficiently <br />fertile soil types to promote agricultural activity such as <br />growing hay. <br />No other regions within the Bolton Draw watershed (which drains <br />the mine area) has the potential for agricultural flood irrigation <br />. activities, even though it may be possible to divert water to these <br />regions for irrigation purposes. As has been described above and <br />reconfirmed by Mr. John Nuding of the Noffsinger Ranch (the Noffsinger <br />Ranch grazes large portions of the Bolton Draw watershed), Bolton <br />Draw does not contain sufficient topographic areas for potential <br />agricultural activity nor does it have suitable soil characteristics <br />to promote crop growth. <br />Summary and Conclusions <br />Wyoming Fuel Company's study of the area indicates that <br />portions of main Bolton Draw do exhibit the geomorphic criteria <br />indicative of potential alluvial valley floors. The study of the <br />North Fork of Bolton Draw concludes the following: <br />1) Although the North Fork of Bolton Draw does exhibit a <br />channel in most places, it does not exhibit any other geomorphic <br />characteristics associated with potential alluvial valley floors <br />• (such as flood plains, terraces, oxbows, etc.). <br />-114- <br />