21 
Intake in Acre Feet. 
Month. 
1890. 
1891. 
, 1892. 
April. 
* 
3,582 
20,850 
12,426 
6,372 
1,324 
.V 
* 
7,746 
15,050 
10,932 
2,848 
1,334 
296 
741 
7,759 
22,216 
17,266 
2,099 
175 
* 
July. 
August. 
September. 
October. 
Sums. 
44,554 
1.86 
38,206 
1.59 
50,250 
2.09 
Corresponding depths over 24,000 acres, in feet. 
*Intake small, principally for stock or trees. 
Duty, Acres per Second-Foot—Cache-a-la-Poudre Canal No. 2. 
* < 
Period. 
No. of 
Days. 
Canal Alone. 
Canal and Rain. 
1890. 
1891. 
1892. 
1890. 
1891. 
1892. 
May 1—Sept. 1. 
123 
132 
153 
112 
105 
108 
81 
April 1—Sept. 1. 
153 
164 
192 
146 
131 
134 
101 
May 1—Nov. 1. 
184 
198 
232 
176 
153 
155 
124 
June alone. 
30 
72 
95 
65 
71.5 
56.5 
53.5 
DUTY IN THE WHOLE POUDRE VALLEY. 
This valley being one of the first in the State to feel the necessity 
of knowledge of the amount of water available for distribution 
among the canals, is the one in which there is available the longest 
series of sj^stematic records. The canals drawing water from the 
river contributed some $1,500 to construct a gauging station above 
the point where the canals divert water from the river, and a plank 
floor was put in place in 1883 under the direction of State Engineer 
Nettleton and Water Commissioner B. S. LaGrange. This floor re¬ 
mained until 1889, when having become injured by floods and frost,, 
much of the water passed beneath, and the floor was taken away^ 
leaving the natural bed of the stream. The stream flows through 
masonry sidewalls, a projecting stone being used as the reference point 
to measure from. Measurements of the amount of water flowing have 
been made at various stages of the river from depths of 0.7 foot te 
4 feet, by L. B. Hope and E. C. Hawkins of the State Engineer’s 
office, and by this section of the Experiment Station with current 
meters, and from these gaugings the amount of water for in¬ 
termediate depths has been determined. Though for the past 
two years the natural bed of the stream has been exposed at the 
gauging station, there has been but little change in the cross section. 
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