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• <br />EXHIBIT 2 - Continued <br />This is because there had been no precipitation or flood irrigation on <br />the Fish Creek floodplain preceeding the measurements. The root zone <br />was receiving very little moisture at the time the measurements were <br />taken. <br />In summary, the capillary fringe in the drainages of Foidel, Middle <br />and Fish Creek extends approximately 2.5 to 3 feet above the water <br />table. The root zone does not penetrate the capillary fringe at any of <br />the seven locations where measurements were made, indicating that sub- <br />irrigation is not an essential hydrologic function of these drainages. <br />The effects of flood irrigation on topsoil moisture content were ob- <br />served in the Foidel-Middle Creek floodplain, but moisture in the top- <br />soil was conspicuously absent in the Fish Creek floodplain due to the <br />• absence of recent flood irrigation. <br />• <br />