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vegetation on the west side of the gidge is denser than on <br /> the east side of the ridge. <br /> Seasonal Discharge Records and Storm Runoff <br /> Data from a U. S . Geological Survey water monitoring station <br /> located or, the Clear Fork of the East Muddy in Sec. 34, T. 10S . , <br /> R. 90W. is summarized on Table 783 . 16-11, Summary of Discharge <br /> Data, Clear Fork rear Rugged Mountain, a summary of daily <br /> discharge data is located in Appendix F. This station, <br /> located on Figure 783 . 16-7, was monitored from October 1965 <br /> to September 1973, and recorded the flow of the Clear Fork <br /> Basin and East Muddy Creek Basin, an area approximately 34. 5 <br /> square miles in size . The watershed from the mine lease area <br /> (adjacent area) makes up approximately 45% of the Clear Fork <br /> watershed above the gaging station. The actual mine lease <br /> area in the Clear Fork watershed consists of a little more <br /> than four sq.mi. or approximately 107, of the Clear Fork <br /> watershed above the gaging station. <br /> From the stream flow records , it is apparent that the <br /> precipitation during winter months is retained as a snowpack <br /> throughout much of the winter and early spring and is released <br /> in late spring and early summer during the spring thaw. The <br /> months of April, May and June show the most marked increase, <br /> with water flow beginning to abate in later summer months as <br /> the snow dissipates on the higher slopes . A twenty-five to <br /> thirty fold increase from minimum winter flow to peak <br /> summer flow is not unusual . <br />