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The stream discharge records indicate a point of trans-basin <br /> • diversion above the gaging station. This diversion, the Clear <br /> Fork Ditch is located on Second Creek, downstream from the mine <br /> lease area and flows north into the West Divide Creek Basin. <br /> Records of diversions of this ditch are provided for years <br /> 1966-1970 in Appendix E. Diversions take place during May, <br /> June, July, and August with the maximum flow occurring during <br /> June. The amount diverted is not recorded at the gaging station, <br /> as the point of diversion is located several miles upstream from <br /> the gaging station, see Figure 783 . 16-7. It is not apparent <br /> from the U. S. Geological Survey records how much water <br /> is actually diverted out of the Clear Fork drainage . Relative <br /> amounts of water listed as diverted are large in comparison to <br /> the total stream flow for the Clear Fork, and for the size of the <br /> • ditch drainage area. For example, ditch diversions in July, 1968 <br /> were listed as 779 acre feet while the discharge of the Clear <br /> Fork basin was 735 .acre feet . In comparison, however, the <br /> Clear Fork basin drains an area approximately eight to ten miles <br /> as large as the drainage above the point of diversion of the <br /> ditch. <br /> Flood discharge rates - have been calculated for the streams <br /> draining the mine lease area and for the drainage basin above <br /> the existing gaging station. This data, delineated on Table <br /> 783 . 16-12, Flood discharge for Clear Fork and other Tributaries <br /> to East Muddy Creek, are calculated according to the USGS method <br /> . described earlier. <br /> ,S <br />