Fixation op Nitroghn in Colorado Soils 
3‘ 
i. 
WELL-WATER IN WAVERLY SECTION 
The Waverly section, so far as our work is concerned, is 
^ simply a western and northern extension of the Wellington dis- 
trict and some work has been done in this section, because there 
• is a small area in the vicinity of Waverly in which nitrates 
I occur, also because we wanted to know definitely the character 
i of the well-waters in this section, so we have not only carried 
I our east and west lines across to Waverly but have examined 
i .a considerable section about Waverly, especially north and 
1 west of it. 
r 
WELL-WATKRS, AVAVERRY DISTRICT 
Total 
Igni- 
Chlo- 
Nitric 
Solids 
tion 
rin 
Nitro- 
(Parts 
per Million) 
gen 
D. C. Harned, 50 ft. deep 
5934. C 
1542.0 
72.0 
4.0 
Geo. SpechL 9 ft. deep 
3316.0 
754.0 
72.0 
1.5 
R. F. D. No. 3, Flowing- from pipe 
2868.0 
712.0 
110.0 
0.8 
Ripple Bros, 30 ft. deep on Dry Creek 
832.0 
196.0 
14.0 
2.0 
P. Aragon, 22 ft. deep 
10722.0 
2062.0 
160.0 
0.15 
P. Aragon. 90 ft. deep 
4496.0 
786.0 
52.0 
None 
J. A. Harris, 45 ft. deep 
546.0 
156.0 
34.0 
3.0 
Roy Randleman, 30 ft. deep 
1136.0 
274.0 
81.0 
5.0 
Low Christman 
4454.0 
666.0 
44.0 
1.5 
DRY CREEK, WEST AND SOUTH 
OF WAVERLY 
Dry Creek at Douglass Dam 
4123.0 
677.0 
13.2 
W. Dry Creek at road crossing 
5771.0 
^50.0 
Lost 
Dry Creek before entering Douglass Reservoir 
3992.0 
632.0 
38.0 
This completes the statement of our data on the local 
waters investigated in connection with this subject. 
We have endeavored to so arrange these that the series are 
easily located in their relative positions and the wells follow 
consecutively in the direction given for the series. There are 
* a few instances in which the wells may be one-half mile to one 
side or the other of the line given but there are only four or five 
of which this is true and to attempt to give these separately 
I would have no object. 
It is evident that the rule is, that however rich the se w aters 
' may be in total solids, the normal water is not rich in nitrates. 
The presence of these salts is due to local conditions. A second 
thing which is also clearly and strikingly evident is that none 
of the deep wells contain any nitric nitrogen and the underlying 
I rocks cannot contain nitrates. 
'i It is entirely out of the question for me to attempt to state 
i the conditions obtaining at these different wells though in 
I ’ some instances a description of the location and surroundings 
f 
