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Drainage area of the canyon is 2181 acres comprised mostly of woodland. <br /> The canyon was in the process of being subdivided into 35 acre <br /> ranchettes. The subdivision is believed to be out of business as no <br /> development is taking place. There are currently four houses and a <br /> lodge with a swimming pool located in the upper drainage . These <br /> structures utilize water from wells and Trinidad City water. Waste <br /> disposal is by means of septic systems and drain fields which may <br /> supply additional water to the alluvial system. Three USGS springs <br /> have also been identified in the canyon and appear out of fractures <br /> between sandstones and shales which outcrop on the surface (Appendix <br /> 4 ) . A portion of the canyon is also utilized as grazing land. Water <br /> monitoring was discontinued at this station until longwall mining <br /> commences under the canyon. <br /> Station ACF-1 is located in Apache Canyon approximately <br /> one-half mile from the Purgatoire River. Drainage area of the canyon <br /> is 7566 acres with cover comprised mostly of woodland. Grazing and <br /> wildlife are the major land uses. Mining is also a land use with two <br /> shafts and a power substation located in the canyon. The spring and <br /> seep survey (Appendix 4 ) monitored two seeps and one USGS spring, none <br /> of which were major contributions to stream flow. As with Santistevan <br /> Canyon , water monitoring in Apache Canyon has been discontinued until <br /> longwall mining commences under the canyon. <br /> Surface water monitoring stations were added during the third <br /> quarter in Cherry Canyon (CHC-1 ) , Lopez Canyon (LCS-1 ) , and Wet Canyon <br /> (WCS-1 ) to gather baseline data for those drainages. At each station, <br /> a staff and crest gauge were installed to gather base and peak flow <br /> events . These stations will be monitored monthly for the next year. <br /> During the six visits to these sites over the last half of 1988 , <br /> stations CHC-1 and LCS-1 were dry. Also, no crest events were recorded <br /> at these two stations. Station WCS-1 exhibited a base flow condition. <br /> A peak flow event of 3 . 2 feet was recorded at WCS-1 during early <br /> September. All data collected at these stations is presented in Tables <br /> 1-9 , 1-10 and 1-11 of Appendix 1 . <br /> -16- <br />