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monitoring station located on the Clear Fork of the East <br /> • Muddy in Sec . 34, T . 10S . , R. 90W. is summarized on Table III- <br /> C-9 and Appendix III-C-4 . The gauging station recorded the <br /> flow from October 1965 to September 1973 of the Clear Fork <br /> Basin and East Muddy Creek Basin, a drainage area approximately <br /> 34. 5 square miles . The watershed from the mine lease area <br /> (adjacent area) makes up approximately 45% of the Clear Fork <br /> watershed above the gauging station . The actual mine lease <br /> area in the Clear Fork watershed consists of a little more <br /> than four sq . mi. or approximately 10% of the Clear Fork <br /> watershed above the gauging station . <br /> From the stream flow records , it is apparent <br /> that precipitation during winter months is retained as a <br /> snowpack throughout much of the winter and early spring and <br /> is released in late spring and early summer during spring <br /> thaw. The months of April , May and June show the most <br /> marked runoff increase, with water flow beginning to abate <br /> in later summer months as the snow dissipates on the higher <br /> slopes . A twenty-five to thirty fold increase from minimum <br /> winter flow to peak summer flow is not unusual . <br /> The stream discharge records indicate a point <br /> of trans-basin diversion above the Clear Fork gauging station <br /> near Ragged Mountain. The Clear Fork Diversion Ditch flows <br /> north into the West Divide Creek Basin and is located on <br /> Second Creek, downstream from the mine lease area . Ditch <br /> diversion records are provided for years 1966-1970 in <br /> • 38 <br />