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• the water table. Moisture in the capillary zone can supply water to <br />the root zone, thus providing sub-irrigation to plants. An increase <br />in relative soil moisture depth within the root zone would indicate <br />capillary action supporting plant growth. Data from neutron probe <br />access tube measurements in the intermittent and perenial stream <br />valleys in the proposed permit and adjacent area are presented in <br />Exhibit 2, Geophysical Soil Moisture Measurements. The geophysical <br />soil moisture measurements were taken in October of 1980 at the time <br />of year when such measurements would indicate consumptive use of <br />alluvial ground water by plants. <br />In summary, the results of geophysical soil moisture <br />• measurements at seven separate locations in the floodplaina of <br />Foidel, Middle and Fish Creeks indicate that the root zone does not <br />penetrate into the capillary fringe in late summer. On the <br />contrary, the measurements from the Foidel and Middle Creek <br />floodplaina indicate that flood irrigation provides high moisture <br />content in the topsoil and root zone. Therefore, there is no <br />evidence of subirrigation in the floodplains of Foidel, Middle and <br />Fish Creeks. <br />Infrared Color Photograph Analysis <br />A color infrared aerial photograph of the proposed permit and <br />adjacent area vas supplied by the Office of Surface Mining in <br />Denver, Colorado; a copy has been provided in Figure 10, Color <br />. Infrared Aerial Photograph. The photograph was taken in late summer <br />on September 9, 1978. Approximate scale of the photograph is <br />2.06-22 <br />