CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER. 
Measurement No. 12, Made October 7-14, 1897. 
Hour and Date 
Place of Measurement 
Temp. 
of 
Wat. 
River 
and 
Inflow 
Out-take 
NOTE?S— 
Oct. 
7 10 :45 A.M. 
1st River Measurem’t. 
58° 
107.39 
At gaging station in Canon 
Gage ht. 0.74 ft. 
7 11 :25 A.M. 
Canon Ditch. 
66 ° 
1.00 
0.46 
7 12 :00 M. 
Pleas. V. & L. Can 
59° 
7 12 :45 P.M. 
Larimer Co. Canal 
60.3° 
23.28 
7 -P.M. 
Henderson Ditch. . 
0.00 
0.59 
7 2:00 P.M. 
Jackson Ditch . . . 
61.5° 
200 yds above road crossing 
Used chiefly for power 
7 2 :40 P.M. 
7 3:00 P.M. 
New Mercer Ditch. 
City Waterworks. . 
60.8° 
61° 
. 
0.26 
37.51 
7 -P.M. 
2nd River Measurem’t 
61° 
45.68 
|.| 107.39 
108.78 
Gain 1.39 
Oct. 
7 3 :50 P.M. 
2nd River Measurem’t 
61° 
45.68 
Below City Waterworks 
7 4:00 P.M. 
Little Cache la P. 
61° 
0.91 
7 4:15 P.M. 
Taylor & G. Ditch. 
01 ° 
8.09 
7 4:30 P.M. 
Waterworks waste. 
61° 
32.62 
Measured at waterworks 
about 0.55 ft. was being 
pumped to city, a loss of 
4.34 ft. between riv. and 
waterworks, a distance of 
4100 (4143) ft. 
Seepage from City Can. & 
New Mercer 
7 4 :40 P.M. 
Seep, below W’w’ks 
59.5° 
(1.78) 
7 5 :00 P.M. 
& New Mer. Ditch 
Lar. Co. No. 2 Can 
0.47 
7 5 :00 P.M. 
Chamberlin Ditch. 
2.68 
Measured at flume over 
Larimer Co. No. 2 
7 5 :40 P.M. 
Larimer & W. Can 
12.96 
7 P.M. 
Riddle Dit.eh . . . 
61° 
53° 
0.50 
0.88 
8 9:00 A.M. 
Arthur Ditch .... 
|3rd River Measurem’t 
53° 
78.30 
70.20 
1. 
. 
96.69 
Gain 18.39 
Oct. 
8 10 :00 A.M. 
3rd River Measurem’t 
53° 
70.20 
Below Larimer & W. Dam, 
meas. suspended on ac¬ 
count of storm 
Water about y s in. lower 
than on the 8 th 
Largely waste from Riddle D. 
Near where taken from river 
12 9:00 A.M. 
At same place. . . . 
47° 
65.22 
12-A.M. 
Pioneer Ditch .... 
0.00 
12 A.M. 
Inflow below Pion’r 
Hottel Mill Race. 
. 
0.17 
12 10:40 A.M. 
50° 
49.10 
12 11 :00 A.M. 
Ames Ditch. 
52° 
1 89 
12 A.M. 
Lake Canal. 
0.14 
12 11:20 A.M. 
J. G. Coy Ditch. . . 
Hottel Mill Race. 
57° 
6.70 sec ft not used, most 
wastes into riv about y 2 
m. below 0.68 ft wastes 
about 1 % m. below 
Near Mill about iy 2 m. below 
upper measurement 
12 11 :40 A.M. 
50.2° 
53.58 
12 2 :00 P.M. 
Inlet No. 2 Res. . . 
54° 
0.87 
12 2 :20 P.M. 
Chaffee Ditch .... 
57.5° 
0.33 
4th River Measurem’t 
62.68 
118.97 
115.01 
Loss 3.96 feet 
Oct. 
12 3:00 P.M. 
4th River Measurem’t. 
54° 
62.68 
Below No. 2 Res. Supply 
Seep. meas. near June, about 
y 2 m. from river 
Seep, where it runs thro’ box 
under No. 2 Res. Sup Ditch 
Seep runn’g into Emigh drain 
Seepage intercepted 0.40 
Seepage water 
At road cross’g near gravey’d 
Seepage meas. about % mile 
from river 
12 3 :30 P.M. 
Dry Cr’k & No 2 S. 
Ames Slough .... 
56° 
6.34 
12 P.M. 
(0.25) 
(0.63) 
12 3:55 P.M. 
Cooper Slougn . . . 
Emigh Drain .... 
Box Elder Creek. 
57.5° 
12 4 :00 P.M. 
58.8° 
12 4:20 P.M. 
56° 
(3.71) 
12 ■ P.M. 
No. 2 Res. Supply. 
0.00 
13 8 :35 A.M. 
Spring Creek 
Box Elder Ditch. . 
51° 
(3.55) 
13 9:05 A.M. 
49°8 
1.35 
12 5:40 P.M. 
Inflow near Strauss B. 
(0.97) 
Seepage water 
5th River Measurem’t. 
. 
73.88 
.I 69.02 
75.23 
Gain 6.21 
Oct. 
12 5 :10 P.M. 
5th River Measurem’t. 
73.88 
Ab’t 150 yd below Strauss B. 
Ab’t 50 rods below Strauss B. 
13 9 :38 A.M. 
At same place. . . . 
Greeley No. 2 Can. 
51° 
31.70 
13 10:37 A.M. 
0.14 
At rating Weir 
! 6 th River Measurem’t 
41.98 
31.70 
42.12 
Gain 10.42 
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